The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a ...

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light.

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New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

The 417-day-long experiment, known as LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), looked at the light signatures released as particles collide with ...

Auroras are bright and colorful displays in the night sky, caused when energetic particles from space collide with atoms and ...

It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society.

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...

China launches 4 times in 4 days, boosting megaconstellation and surveillance assets China launched four missions in four days, accelerating its record-setting launch cadence while expanding its ...