For the first time in history, astronomers have discovered a celestial sphere around a star that possesses many similar ...

Could microbial life be drifting in the clouds of Venus? With unexplained signs of phosphine and ammonia scientists are ...

Avi Loeb, an accomplished astronomer from Harvard says 3I/ATLAS, the recently discovered interstellar object was "sent ...

The Fermi bubbles were discovered in 2010 by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two orbs form an hourglass structure ...

Rather than being smooth and calm, the cloud is full of fast-moving, tangled filaments of gas—like a three-dimensional ...

Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, when it ...

A team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), has uncovered an unexpected and ...

The Solar System is a vast and mysterious realm, filled with planets, moons, asteroids, and icy bodies waiting to be ...

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Following the first successful landing of an Earth-launched vehicle on the planet Mars—Viking I in July 1976—nine other ...

The night sky is home to many celestial features named after creatures from Earth’s oceans. Among the stars, you’ll find ...

New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...