Space

A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has revealed evidence of tens of thousands of previously unknown […]

As more and more species come close to extinction, scientists have been collecting samples of animals, plants and other creatures

Imagine going on a week-long business trip and not coming home until next year. That may be the case for

One of the most distant quasars known appears to have shut down the formation of new stars in all galaxies

Contrary to a previous report, there is no evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, the Milky Way’s

One of the most compelling possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation. Called “Wow!” signal, the bright

A distant stellar nursery holds a cluster of newborn worlds the size of Jupiter, the smallest of which is surrounded

A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar

Black holes about the size of a hydrogen atom may be careening into the solar system without being noticed. But

The opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever