Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

The Standard Model of our universe doesn’t match the evidence, in part because of dark energy, a ghostly force pushing the ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

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

In this season of reflection, it's awe-inspiring to consider how so much is still beyond our scientific understanding — from the big questions of the origins of the universe and life, to the more ...

From a gas giant so light it would float like a cork (TrES-4b) to a world where it rains molten iron (WASP-76b), the universe is full of planets that shatter our imagination. This video dives into the ...

NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye but can be used to reveal different features of the cosmos. This image features a selection of ...

From the farthest reaches of outer space to the freezing tundra of the Antarctic, the "Alien" series has gone to some truly wild places. But if you're having trouble keeping track of all the ...

A new study finds that a century-old infinite series for calculating π discovered by Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan can be applied in other corners of physics. The study explained that ...