At roughly 250,000 kilometers per hour, comet 3I/ATLAS did not merely pass through the inner solar system it tore through it, fast enough that the Sun could never hope to keep it. That kind of speed ...

The researchers combined advanced stellar models with the Gaia telescope's date.

Steve will always appear to the south of the aurora, and is not part of it. People often get confused with tall purple rays.

With tide their clock, gravity their compass and sunlight their fuel, animalgae is a deal-breaking bond. Having shed major ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

Astronomers puzzled out minuscule distortions in images of faraway galaxies taken by JWST in order to chart the invisible ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

Less than a year into its mission, NASA’s SPHEREx has already completed its first full survey of the sky, producing a near-infrared map that captures the entire cosmos in a staggering 102 colors.

NASA’s budget is still an unfathomable mess. The government shutdown late last year once again delayed proceedings to determine the space agency’s future — but if it were up to the Trump ...