Science & Astronomy

Humanity is barreling toward a "ghastly future" of mass extinctions, health crises and constant climate-induced disruptions to society.

This week, NASA revealed that 2020 tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record. So what does this mean for the future of our planet and life on Earth?

The haze shrouding Pluto might be made up of ice crystals possessing cyanide hearts, a new study finds.

Data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope has revealed a bizarre new type of hybrid venomous spider star.

Three years ago, two neutron stars collided in a cataclysmic crash, the first such merger ever observed directly. Naturally, scientists kept their eye on it — and now, something strange is happening.

A citizen scientist group has created the most complete map to date of brown dwarfs neighboring our solar system.

An "Old Faithful"-like event in space may shed light on the nature of stars nearby supermassive black holes embedded in galaxies.

Surprisingly, the fate of a star is easy to predict. All you need to know is how big it is.

Bumblebee gravity could explain dark energy — if it's proven true.

The year 2020 has tied the record for the hottest year on record, a new NASA study shows.

NASA's Curiosity rover marked 3,000 Martian days, or "sols," on the Red Planet Tuesday (Jan. 12), a mere five weeks before NASA's Perseverance rover is scheduled to touch down.

NASA is ready to give missions at Mars and Jupiter a little more time to continue their investigations, although there's no guarantee they will finish out their extended missions.

"It was as if somebody had just created a telescope that was a time machine."

In 2021, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration will be 50% higher than preindustrial levels, despite reduced emissions during the pandemic and a natural cooling event.

The collapse of the iconic radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico last month has left astronomers with a host of questions about what went wrong and what comes next.

Scientists were able to measure the orbit of exoplanet GOT 'EM-1b, a gas giant nearly 1,300 light-years from Earth.

What if the world were constantly bombarded with space-rock smashups, big enough and frequent enough to shape the course of entire cultures?

SpaceX has been selected to launch MethaneSAT’s newest methane-tracking satellite in 2022.

Scientists have found the most distant quasar yet known — and it's home to a seriously supermassive black hole.