Images will enable scientists to measure acceleration of solar system and mass of galaxy
China said Thursday its latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon's surface and sealed them within the spacecraft for return to Earth, the...
Ancient deep sea creatures called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race according to new research published today.
All-sky studies ordinarily take years. This one took weeks. Astronomers in Australia have recently planned 83% of the discernible universe, in only 300 hours. This new...
Deep sea animals can be the stuff of nightmares. Many inhabit the ocean’s twilight zone (down to 1,000 metres depth), where sunlight has virtually disappeared,...
Seeing what the heck is going on inside of us is useful for many aspects of modern medicine. But how to do this without slicing and...
December is an exciting month for stargazers -- check out the spectacular Geminids meteor shower that's set to peak overnight on December 13.
The Voyager spacecraft continue to make discoveries even as they travel through interstellar space. In a new study, University of Iowa physicists report on the...
China says its Chang'e 5 lunar probe has completed sampling on the moon and the rocks collected have been sealed within the spacecraft.
Astronomers have caught a rare glimpse of a rapidly fading shroud of gas around an aging star. Archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveal...