The Milky Way was once a textbook example of how a spiral galaxy should form and evolve. Now a wave of new observations and ...

The Milky Way is not the neat, flat pinwheel many of us learned about in school. Fresh data from precision star maps now show ...

A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a rare visual connection between the mundane life on Earth and the ...

The research is mounting up that we might not be alone in this big wide world. So what's the likelihood that aliens are out ...

On July 2, something cool happened in space! Astronomers saw a powerful blast that lasted more than seven hours. Meet GRB ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

The scientist who discovered the black hole at the center of our galaxy reflects on social media and the unpredictable power ...

As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at the year and, in the world of science, at the findings that have kept the world on its toes. Space aficionados, in particular, have had a thrilling time.

There is only one way the Cavaliers can shed the label of being too soft to win an NBA championship: Win a bruising rebounding battle in a high-stakes game when the entire country is watching. The ...

The subject of intense scientific scrutiny, 3I/ATLAS is revealing secrets about the composition and behaviour of dust across ...