This engaging 14-story collection delivers a bold selection of classic intergalactic adventures.

Why did life happen on Earth? And how did it begin? Even the world’s most advanced space scientists still don’t fully understand these questions, but a missi...

The rover is still going strong in its 12th year of operations.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a glorious image of two massive galaxies in the process of colliding with each other.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks shows a faint tail in this 15 Jan. 2024 image, taken by Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project.

Eighteen years after NASA's Stardust mission returned to Earth with the first samples from a known comet, the true nature of that icy object is coming into focus.

Less than three weeks into 2024, it’s already been a busy year for developments in space. And many of those developments are coming from the Asia Pacific. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

Einstein's century-old theory is consistent with new results from the Dark Energy Survey about the expansion of the universe. The group, with local ties, com...

A recent study from Belgium found that children aged between 4 and 6 years who live near green spaces exhibited higher bone density. This article explores the implications and practical advice for parents and caregivers.

Tests of a 3D metal printer and thermal protection systems for reentry to Earth’s atmosphere are among the scientific investigations that NASA and internatio...

A study suggests primordial black holes may make planets and moons near us wobble. If measured experimentally, this will provide the first concrete proof such objects exist.

This Japanese startup wants to shoot down space junk using laser

You are invited to take a stroll on the Moon 50 years in the future.

Scientists have created the most sensitive radio image to date and uncovered a radio signal in an ancient star cluster.The cluster, known as 47 Tucanae, is "very old, giant balls of stars that we see around the Milky Way" that represent signs of the early uni…

The Starship upper stage exploded eight minutes into the second test flight of the revolutionary rocket, but the cause wasn't disclosed until now.

A new horned animal has arrived at the home of the Colorado Buffaloes.

The long-serving space telescope observed the supernova in a galaxy 150 million light-years away which released 2.5 billion times more energy than the sun.

Agency calls for citizen scientists to catalog pulses of gamma rays as discoveries continue

Located in Vikarabad, their campsite is all one would want for a getaway from the city -- tents, bonfires, music, trekking, and greenery wherever you look

Japanese startup EX-Fusion plans to eliminate small pieces of space junk with laser beams fired from the ground. Nikkei Asia reports: EX-Fusion stands apart in that it is taking the ground-based approach, with the startup tapping its arsenal of laser technol…

In sci-fi depictions, extraterrestrial habitats have evolved tandem with scientific understanding of conditions on planets

Instead of going to the moon, Peregrine will arrive back at Earth.

A new CRISPR-Cas toolkit, dubbed "pAblo·pCasso," is set to transform the landscape of bacterial genome editing, offering unprecedented precision and flexibility in genetic engineering. The new technology, developed by researchers at The Novo Nordisk Foundatio…

Fewer pollinators means more self-pollination, less food for bees.

The Indian plate may be peeling into two as it slides under the Eurasian plate, tearing Tibet apart in the process.