The quest to pin down the source of the burst led to a derelict 60-year-old satellite.

The MIT professor, a recipient of the National Medal of Science, developed technologies that helped pave the way for the Global Positioning System.

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely wrong.

Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles—a "mini halo"—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step forward in understanding the hidden forces that shape the cosmos.

Swiss scientists have developed a photosynthetic living material that uses cyanobacteria to absorb and store CO2.

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young stars.

A new study suggests that a short nap, especially one reaching deeper N2 sleep, can significantly boost problem-solving insight.

The closest galactic relative to the Milky Way helped astronomers discover dark matter in the 1960's.

A breakthrough discovery on Mars could soon make human missions possible.

ASA Won two Emmy awards last night

A volcano from 18,000 years ago is erupting beneath Norway’s waters. Here’s what’s inside.

The high seas of the dinosaur era were teeming with a plethora of squids, a new study has found.

Things almost went exactly as planned.

The discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado.

They used Webb's mid-infrared instrument to suppress the overwhelming glare from the host star, revealing faint objects that would have been too dim to spot otherwise.

The fireball was visible from several states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular" meteor shower that will endanger Earth-orbiting satellites.

It poses no threat to Earth, but this comet, called C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has enraptured astronomers ever since its discovery in 2021. The...

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is testing a series of large spacecraft rolls that will help it hunt for water.

watchOS 26 adds several new Apple Intelligence features to the Apple Watch, but they each have their own hardware requirements.

V462 Lupi will soon vanish from the night sky, but before it does, the dark skies around the new moon present a perfect time to head away from city lights to hunt down the light from this ancient nova.

New eclipsing binary stars discovered: Citizen scientists help identify 7,936 new pairs, advancing research on stellar physics and exoplanet detection.

Caffeine had the biggest effect, but that might not be a surprise.

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible every 15 years.

Present-day disk galaxies often contain a thick, star-filled outer disk and an embedded thin disk of stars. For instance, our own Milky Way galaxy’s thick