The binary black holes in the universe are already astonishing enough, but researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a groundbreaking discovery that these binary black holes may not be "lonely w…

August's full Sturgeon Moon rises this weekend, days before the Perseid meteor shower hits its peak.

Complexes containing hydroxide, water and dinitrogen ligands detected as researchers probe chemistry on the edge of the actinide series

Scientists have discovered a rare new cat coat color called salmiak, or salty liquorice, caused by a genetic mutation. This stunning shade is now explained.

Scientists had theorized about the possibility of a plasma physics phenomenon, but their AI system discovered the real thing.

Start preparing now to catch next month's dramatic total lunar eclipse.

Rest of World News: A recent study confirms that Canada's Tintina fault, stretching across Yukon, is an active seismic hazard, challenging previous assumptions. Scientist

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

The Prague Planetarium put on a show no one would ever forget.

Russian scientists say they’ve built a new kind of engine that could cut the trip to Mars down to just one month. A working prototype already exists, and it’s unlike anything currently used in space.

Dogs love attention, and there’s nothing like that when it comes from a big group of people. This video captured a wholesome moment where a “college party do...

Large language models (LLMs), advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models trained to analyze and generate texts in different human languages, have become increasingly widespread over the past few years. Since the release of the conversational platform ChatGP…

The footprints were created some 115 million years ago, when what is now a Central Texas suburb was a beach on the Western Interior Seaway.

Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of Amazon Project Kuiper spacecraft is scheduled for 9:40 a.m. ET on Friday (Aug. 8).

Scientists have finally uncovered the ancient secret behind the potato’s origin—and it involves an unexpected genetic romance. About 9 million years ago, a wild interbreeding event occurred between a tomato-like plant and a potato-relative in the Andes. This …

Male leopard seals in Antarctica sing underwater songs with patterns strikingly similar to human nursery rhymes.

The Crew-10 quartet are now scheduled to depart the ISS on Friday (Aug. 8) no earlier than 6:05 p.m. EDT.

If you ever lie awake at night wondering just how likely you are to die from an asteroid impact within your lifetime, a new paper has you covered.

A team of scientists has finally caught elusive neutrinos using a compact detector placed near a nuclear reactor.

"His lasting legacy of fortitude will continue to impact and inspire the Johnson workforce, future explorers, and the nation for generations."

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 6:05 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 8, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission from the International

Pumping out water or keeping rain from sneaking underground may prevent a volcano from erupting, or at least give ample warning.

A Copenhagen team has unlocked a clever “backdoor” into studying rare quantum states once thought beyond reach. Scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have discovered a new approach for investigating rare quantum states that occur w…

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired. NASA announced Butch Wilmore's departure from the space agency on Wednesday. Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last summer as test pilots on Boeing's first astronaut flight. What should have been a w…