New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Radioactive spike found in Pacific seabed samples. It could be from space radiation or changes in ocean currents 10 million ...

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope, in operation for a few months now, uncovered light coming from a ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating ... or Pan-STARRS, located on the Haleakalā volcano in Maui, is the world’s leading near-Earth object discovery telescope. Capable of spotting ...

From helping catalyze interstellar reactions and fueling the birth of stars to its presence in neighborhood gas giants like ...

Experts emphasize that the cosmic microwave background is shaped by everything it encounters on its journey, including ...

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The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...