When you think of a telescope, you probably imagine it high up in space or on a mountaintop—but did you know scientists have ...

The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know ...

A neutrino telescope, therefore, is a giant exercise in statistics. Observe lots of atoms for a long time and sooner or later ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic molecules.

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Researchers from Curtin University have made a groundbreaking discovery after analyzing some of the most well-preserved ...

Diplomatic Courier editor Jeremy Fugleberg brings you three under–the–radar stories from the Hinterlands: scientists search ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.

Spotting an asteroid that’s new to science The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope located in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spied the space rock on December 27.

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." In late February, if all goes to plan, a new character will enter NASA's space ...

Combining the ingredients of life with an environment of sodium-rich salt water, or brines ... extraterrestrial organic material formed in space and not a result of contamination from Earth.” ...