This is the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet beyond our solar system with an atmosphere. Astronomers using the James ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

A groundbreaking study from Radboud University suggests the universe may end in approximately 10^78 years, significantly ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Astronomers are a step closer to cracking one of the secrets of dark energy—the mysterious force believed to be causing the universe's accelerated expansion.

Before 3I/ATLAS, the only other confirmed interstellar tourists we've seen were the now-famous, cigar-shaped 'Oumuamua' in ...

A multinational research collaboration led by the University of Oxford has pinpointed an immense, extraordinarily thin band ...

Aliens might be transmitting communications signals to each other across exoplanets, some astronomers think. Since these ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

For millennia, the act of gazing at the night sky has connected us not only to the stars but also to one another. This simple ...