For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

According to Dean Duffy, the new NASA administrator, a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover was the "clearest sign ...

It’s been nearly 2 centuries since a planet was discovered in the solar system. But now scientists think they’ve uncovered evidence of a newcomer that just might usurp that honor from Neptune.

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

A n asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to ...

While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the U.S. – including Florida.

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

According to NASA, an asteroid the size of a 50-storey building will make a close approach to Earth this week.The rock known ...

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...