The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an alert regarding an approaching "cannibal" coronal mass ejection (CME) set to reach

A new species of ancient sea worm, Shaihuludia shurikeni, has been discovered in a geologic formation crossing northern Utah and southern Idaho

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his fellow Artemis II mission colleagues get their first real-life look at the Orion spacecraft that will take them to l...

Concentrations of toxic contaminants found in dust on the International Space Station (ISS) surpass those found in floor dust in many U.S. households, a new study has found. Levels of organic pollutants in dust samples from ISS air filters were higher than th…

'I don't want China to get to the south pole first with humans and then say this is ours, stay out'

An unusually powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB 211211A), detected from a nearby galaxy, has been linked to a neutron star merger by an international team of scientists. This burst, notable for its excess of infrared light, was shown to originate from a kilonova, …

Macarena Garcia Marin, Space Telescope Science Institute & European Space Agency During the first year of its scientific operations, the Webb Space Telescope...

The Dune books (and subsequent movies) are some of the most epic in all of sci-fi, and the iconic Shai-Hulid sandworms from Dune have now inspired the naming of a new species of ancient sea worm, the Shaihuludia shurikeni.

ISS dust appears to hold higher levels of harmful chemicals than floor dust in the United States and Western Europe.

A viewer asked us whether a viral video actually shows scenes from Mars. We can VERIFY that NASA originally shared the footage in 2018.

NASA says the around-the-moon flight in November 2024 is on track, but follow-on lunar landing in late 2025 faces challenges.

After NASA's Mars helicopter ghosted for two months and then fell down on the job, we're pleased to report that Ingenuity is back at it again.

If the mission is a success, NASA nasa hopes to then land astronauts on the moon for the first time in more than a half-a-century in 2025.

Scientists want to create a giant umbrella, tied to an asteroid, to block out the Sun and slow down climate change.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson says the Artemis II mission is still on track for November 2024, noting that the team is pushing hard but that safety is still...

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program will take flight with eight planned launches from the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, flying scientific experiments to a near-space environment via a football-stadium-sized NASA balloon. The 2023 …

For the first time, scientists have identified a genetic cause of virgin birth, and once activated, this ability is inherited by subsequent generations of females. Scientists have managed to induce virgin birth in an animal that usually reproduces sexually: t…

A fiery streak lit up the night sky over Melbourne Monday night.

The painted hornshark is only found in the deep waters of northeastern Australia.

Fossils have revealed an ancient marine reptile with a loosely connected jaw that allowed its throat to balloon out to a massive size so it could filter feed the way right whales do today.

Structured light waves with spiral phase fronts carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), attributed to the rotational motion of photons. Recently, scientists have been using light waves with OAM, and these special "helical" light beams have become very important…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Prepare for a stunning celestial show this weekend. NASA considers the Perseid meteor shower to be the best meteor shower of the year. While last year’s visibility was dimmer because of the full moon, the shower is expected to pack a…

A new study reveals consequences of NASA's planetary defense test to change the trajectory of an asteroid. The spacecraft released 37 large boulders that are now traveling 13,000mph in space.

A West Virginia veteran and astrophotographer captured a once-in-a-lifetime video of a fireball exploding that has gone viral.

A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, a new study has found.