The small, cylindrical metal object was a remnant of an SUV-sized pallet of old batteries discarded from the International ...

Catch the Lyrid meteor shower, see a Full Pink Moon, and follow plenty of or solar system's planets in the sky this week.

The most volcanic body in the solar system, Io is an infernal hellworld that constantly spits sulfurous magma into space. And ...

A research team from Purdue University found a remote spot in the path of totality to collect acoustic data on how animals ...

Ulugh Beg, a Timurid prince, was an enthusiastic and accomplished astronomer who created a marvel in what is now Uzbekistan.

The new LSST camera at the Rubin Observatory will reveal new insights into the Milky Way, dark matter, and more.

A study demonstrates how a dust analyzer will be able to find even tiny fractions of a bacterial cell in ice grains.

The following is an excerpt from Paul Sutter's Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust In an Age of Doubt, from Rowman & ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the agency will solicit proposals to take over the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry messages that could be retrieved by humans millennia from now as an ancient ...

Even under light-polluted skies, concentrating on the bright inner regions of galaxies allows anyone to enjoy these beautiful ...

Astronomers have never seen a pair of black holes quite like this one — but the universe may be filled with them.