From the vanishing Aral Sea to China's rapidly expanding coastal megacity, satellite imagery reveals just how dramatically ...

This week I want to take you to the maternity ward of stellar birth. Since stars, including our sun, are basically huge balls ...

Lurking in the shadows of many ecosystems are animals whose main motivations are, quite literally, to hijack the bodies of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ ...

Summer 2026 just got more competitive thanks to Exploding Kittens, a leading game developer and entertainment company reshaping traditional game night, who will launch 10 new games throughout July and ...

Researchers studying the universe's "Pink Planet" have discovered an unexpected feature in its atmosphere: clouds made of salt. A team of astronomers led by Northwestern University used the James Webb ...

Informed by science from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and astronomers worldwide, this “documentary that you can walk through” visualizes the cosmos in a 3-D introduction to the universe ...

The planetary alignment will be visible in the western sky after sunset from June 11 to June 15. While the term "planet parade" is not official, it refers to when multiple planets appear to line up in ...

A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

Astronomers have spent years searching for a possible hidden giant planet far beyond Neptune. Unusual orbits among distant Kuiper Belt objects have fueled the Planet Nine theory, but recent ...

Imagine waking up to a loud crash from the kitchen, only to find the floor covered in glass and a hole in your oven door where the window used to be. Consumer Reports says hundreds of people have ...