Its color is actually caused by the effects of a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit (1,093 Celsius) atmosphere where rock-forming ...

India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private flight ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in ...

Lanchester sees statistics as a product of the same Enlightenment that gave birth to the United States—“numbers created by the state to help it understand itself and ultimately to govern itself.” And ...

A 20-year-wait came to an end on Monday when scientists unveiled the first pictures from the Vera C. Rubin observatory.

Before her passing in 2022, Nichelle Nichols had been an advocate and spokesperson for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Starting in 1977, NASA hired Nichols to help promote a ...

The clarity of Lake Tahoe — the famed alpine lake on California’s border with Nevada, whose spectacular scenery draws ...

NASA released a nicely produced documentary about the James Webb Space Telescope called "Cosmic Dawn: the Untold Story of the ...

NASA sent a map to space to help aliens find Earth. ... Pioneer 10, a spacecraft that would sweep by Jupiter and make the first reconnaissance of the solar system’s biggest planet.

Could a rogue star disrupt our peaceful solar system? Scientists are keeping a close eye on the galactic neighborhood, and ...

Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

A powerful X1.2 solar flare erupted from the Sun, causing radio blackouts and sparking warnings of more flares and possible ...