Science & Astronomy

A year ago, scientists captured the unphotographable when the Event Horizon Telescope published a fiery orange ring on a black background that became instantly recognizable.

A record-size hole in the ozone layer has been detected over the North Pole, but it should disappear in a few weeks.

The little chopper will attempt to pioneer a new type of off-Earth exploration.

Stuck at home with the kids because of coronavirus? Here’s a list of educational and entertaining activities to keep them occupied.

NASA satellite data revealed significant reductions in air pollution over the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast United States as people reduce travel during the coronavirus outbreak.

The forest near the old Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is burning, and the effects are visible from space.

NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope is about to celebrate 30 years in space, and Science Channel will mark the anniversary in style.

For the first time ever, astronomers have measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object heftier than a planet but not massive enough to host the fusion reactions that power stars.

The new results challenge a core tenet of modern cosmology.

Although simulations suggest that black holes should grow quickly in the early universe, when astronomers look back in time they simply cannot find many such structures.

Scientists have revisited one of the most iconic images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing incredible details in infrared light.

For decades, scientists have suspected that some of the light that escapes from around a massive black hole nearly doesn't make it — and now, they've finally seen it happen.

NASA and the European Space Agency plan to haul pristine Mars samples to Earth in the near future. Should we worry about a possible 'Andromeda Strain' scenario?

Percy will be leaving Earth before you know it.

A "Super Pink Moon" will rise into the evening sky today (April 7), and you can watch it online with webcasts from The Virtual Telescope Project and Slooh.

At the same time the Event Horizon Telescope was gathering data to create the first-ever image of a black hole, it was also observing an even stranger object.

The moon will stun skywatchers this evening (April 7) with the biggest full moon of the year, but later this week humans will catch a very different view of our companion, in infrared light.

Margaret Burbidge, an astronomer who made vital contributions to our understanding of what happens inside stars and who worked on instruments that flew on the Hubble Space Telescope, has died at 100.

Astronomers have worked out details of the giant impact that knocked Uranus so famously askew.