Not only was it one of the most intense cyclones on record, but it also had a long, strange cruise in the South Pacific.

NASA is designing the Habitable Worlds Observatory — a telescope built not just to look, but to scan other planets for signs of life. Positioned at the Earth–Sun L2 point, it will use a segmented ...

On 14 February 2026, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Kelly ...

Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

Scientists classify asteroids measuring 140 metres or more as "city-killers" because of the scale of destruction they can unleash ...

The first solar eclipse of the year will happen over Antarctica, where very few people live but there are many penguins. This astronomical phenomenon will be ...

North America’s Premier Fulldome Festival Returns April 23-26 in Boulder, Colorado This year’s selections reflect a ...

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

It would be understandable if you stopped thinking as much about Pluto after it was “demoted” from being considered one of the nine planets sharing the Earth’s solar system to being classified as a ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

Accurately tracking atmospheric greenhouse gases requires not only fast predictions but also reliable estimates of ...