"Now there is an intriguing possibility that dark matter may be more complex and vibrant than we expected."

When we last checked in with Caltech's Kerry Vahala three years ago, his lab had recently reported the development of a new optical device called a turnkey frequency microcomb that has applications in digital communications, precision time keeping, spectrosco…

If you have a telescope or a pair of binoculars, you may want to keep an eye on Saturn for the next year or so.

After Frank Rubio misplaced the first tomato ever harvested in space, the astronaut’s colleagues have exonerated him.

What Will Starship Test on its Next Flight? A 6-Planet System in Perfect Resonance. And Betelgeuse Might Not be Rotating at all. ⛽️ Orbital refuelling video:...

The agency claims the technology is 'simpler than conventional methods for control of hypersonic craft.'

A recent study, published in Science China Earth Sciences and led by geologist Bo Wan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Geology and Geophysics, connects the Tethyan plate tectonic movements to changes in Earth's surface environment. The work …

A new theory suggest that our galaxy may be stuck in an empty void. Here's what this discovery changes about our understanding of space.

Dozens of meters below the equator of Mars, researchers have discovered a pattern of honeycomb-shaped fractures like the one seen above. Captured with radar instruments on China’s Zhurong rob…

Wildfires are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the country, threatening lives, destroying homes and infrastructure, and creating air pollution. In order to properly forecast and manage wildfires, managers need to understand wildfire risk and …

About 8-11 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy merged with the Milky Way, adding 50 billion solar masses of stars, gas, and dark matter. The object is known as the "Gaia Sausage" because of the extended stream of stars found using ESA's Gaia mission. Astronomer…

The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, found that especially in the last four years, the ocean surface temperatures have also risen more sharply, even as they increased by around 0.24 degrees Celsius each decade since the 1980s, as p…

An ancient red giant star spiraling in toward our galaxy's central black hole likely came from another galaxy that was consumed by ours.

Anna Demming reports via Scientific American: [A]lthough so far there's no way to unscramble an egg, in certain carefully controlled scenarios within relatively simple systems, researchers have managed to turn back time. The trick is to create a certain kind…

Jimmy Sherman tagged his whopper buck right after his son took a nice 8-pointer. The elder Sherman's trophy should make the state’s list of Top 20 nontypical...

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Stunning Image of a Densely Packed Star Cluster - CityLife

Picture this: the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and you're enjoying a hike in nature. You haven't a care in the world until you round the corner on your favorite walking trail. And then you see it.

Operations aboard the International Space Station began for the first time after Unity and Zarya modules were mated on NASA's Space Shuttle mission in 1998.

A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows an ancient gathering of stars beyond the Milky Way.

And it could help researchers keep tabs on the growing cloud of orbital debris.

Looking back on our planet's early history offers a new (and less crazy) meaning for the idea of a "flat Earth."

The complexity of living organisms is encoded within their genes, but where do these genes come from? Researchers at the University of Helsinki resolved outstanding questions around the origin of small regulatory genes, and described a mechanism that creates …

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