The mystery of whether a Manhattan-sized object whizzing through the solar system is an alien probe or simply a comet may be ...

In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator of spaceflight artifacts explores the nearly five-decade history of women in ...

Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell outward into the nothingness that stretched in every direction, leaving something behind. A dense plasma, made of fundamental particles ...

The finding, based on data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, marks the first direct evidence of tiny twisting magnetic motions of energy-packed plasma waves in the sun's outer ...

Astronomers recorded a strong challenging FRB network burst that came from outer space in February 2024. The detection of FRB 20240209A disproved earlier ideas about the source of these intense radio ...

Research by university scientists suggests that solar flares may be far hotter than previously believed, offering new insights into the Sun’s behavior. The findings, recently published in the ...

From the mysteries of our own planet to the vast reaches of the cosmos, music has long captured humanity’s fascination with ...