An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of...
Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it’s thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on...
If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky...
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all...
Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula...
A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our understanding...
Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the...
When NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn’t just change the asteroid’s orbit...
Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds—or Fermi bubbles—at the Milky Way’s center....
Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster...
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
