Beyond the rare observation itself, the data raised deeper scientific questions. Large tsunamis are traditionally classified as “non-dispersive,” meaning they are expected to travel as a single, ...

One story rose above all the others — new and older telescopes are putting us on the cusp of monumental discoveries about our universe.

What: Ultraviolet observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft while the ...

The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, ...

It will be a spectacular event, but calculating when it will happen is a tricky business. Every now and then, in recent observations, Betelgeuse has grown dimmer or brightened, prompting speculation ...

Astronomers around the world will have immediate access to early data from specific science observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which will be completed within the first five months of ...

Astronomers of the world will soon have an incredible new tool for observing the sun, in the form of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawai’i. The Inouye Solar Telescope recently began its ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will fly in a unique highly-elliptical orbit to search for exoplanets around the nearest and brightest stars. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science ...

Observation is fundamental to science. In fact, one could even argue that science is observation, nourished and channeled for the purpose of better understanding what our world is and how it works.