Space

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

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

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

One of the farthest known quasars seems to have shut down the creation of new stars in all the galaxies

To leave a lasting trail, meteors need to aim low. A new survey of shooting stars shows that meteors that

The biggest clash in cosmology might be inching closer to resolution, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.  Scientists disagree

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people

As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving

For the first time, astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do