Scientists have poured cold water on the idea that Venus could once have supported life. The disappointing...
Science & Astronomy
The BepiColombo Mercury probe flew close to our solar system’s innermost planet this week, capturing another haunting...
Scientists won’t be able to process much of the data gathered by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...
Every 18 months or so, the Moon perfectly aligns with our view of the Sun, obscuring the...
The highly-anticipated “guest star” of the night sky has yet to deliver its grand performance — but...
A star about 1,360 light-years away from Earth, named FU Orionis, is twice as hot as astronomers...
The first analysis of lava samples from the moon’s far side reveals that volcanoes were erupting there...
A weird “quasi-moon” of Earth is about to get a name — and you can be part...
You can knock a good telescope out, but you can’t keep it down. Using data from the...
The world’s second fastest supercomputer — it used to be the fastest, before its rival machine came...