Science & Astronomy

A year later, scientists and Puerto Ricans are still reeling from the loss of the iconic Arecibo radio telescope.

Will humans ever find themselves at home at Alpha Centauri?

Pieces of asteroid Ryugu delivered to Earth by a Japanese space probe last year crossed the Pacific Ocean, travelling incognito locked in unassuming black containers.

The generational observatory is nearly ready for space after years of delays.

A pair of supermassive black holes that will soon become one has been discovered hiding in a nearby galaxy.

Researchers rewound the history of the Magellanic Stream, and found it is 5 times closer to Earth that previously thought

NASA's most beloved space telescope is nearly back to normal.

One of the largest comets ever discovered was active long before scientists had expected, according to NASA's industrious planet-hunting telescope.

This bizarre world appears to be the second-hottest known exoplanet as well.

Deals Orboot's educational augmented reality Mars globe lets kids explore the Red Planet with a smart device.

A 54-page document co-written with engineer Michele Besso sold for a record-breaking $13 million at auction on Tuesday, Nov 23.

Researchers studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs have discovered previously unknown rock types which made up the exoplanets that once surrounded the stellar remnants.

Samples from asteroid Itokawa collected by a Japanese space probe suggest that Earth's water may have come from the sun.

Astronomers may have seen the light from two black holes smashing into one another for the first time ever.

Strange, newly theorized "eggshell planets" may possess super-thin outer layers with ultra-smooth surfaces unlike those seen on any world to date, a new study reports.

For the first time ever, researchers have detected neutrino candidates produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN facility near Geneva, Switzerland.

A new artificial-intelligence algorithm has discovered more than 300 previously unknown exoplanets in data gathered by the now defunct exoplanet-hunting telescope Kepler.

Scientists warn that increased space exploration raises the risk that alien organisms will invade Earth and that Earth organisms will invade other planets.