In ten years, gravitational-wave astronomy has gone from detecting a single short signal to studying entire populations of black holes and neutron stars. New observations have made it possible to ...

It's nearly 170 million years old. It's more than 2.5 times the size of Earth. And it's the first exoplanet discovered and ...

Every civilization needs resources. Wood, then coal, then oil, then sunlight. Each step up the ladder means learning to use ...

There would be no flash in the sky. No sirens. Nothing on the news telling you to take cover. A black hole does not announce ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope's new high-speed camera captured a fluid-dynamics phenomenon on the Sun, hinting at how its corona gets so hot.

Whether the priority is economic growth, energy security, national defense, or reducing emissions, meeting that demand will ...

Severe solar flares can cause damage on Earth. An AI model can detect possible early signs much earlier than previous ...

Nasa's powerful James Webb Space Telescope is showing us something humankind has never witnessed firsthand before: The birth ...

Japanese scientists are preparing for a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it ...

Scientists are ­rea­dy­­ing a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the solar system and ...

It was 20 years ago that our solar system lost a planet. Well, it didn’t really go anywhere, but Pluto is no longer a planet because it’s been ...