Rare streaks of light above US are a sign that solar maximum is fast approaching
The ethereal aurora-like light show could become a more common sight over the next few years as the sun's activity continues to ramp up.
The ethereal aurora-like light show could become a more common sight over the next few years as the sun's activity continues to ramp up.
Reference Learn all about the northern lights, including the science behind their colors, the display's ancient history and how to see the phenomenon.
Observations of a distant stellar nursery show it as a smiling cosmic cat with a head so massive it stretches for 150 light-years with a cluster of infants stars below its nose.
A massive sunspot is crossing the face of the sun, but if you aim to catch it before it disappears on Sunday (July 2), ensure you protect your eyes.
Europe's Euclid telescope is heading to space to prove whether hypothetical dark energy and dark matter really exist. The mission's findings may rewrite cosmology textbooks.
Asteroid Day is an annual celebration of asteroid science, and a reminder of how important it is to study these potentially dangerous objects. Here's how you can celebrate this year.
Smoke from raging Canadian wildfires can be seen from space as it gathers over the U.S. Midwest and darkens skies in Europe over Spain, Portugal and the U.K.
Astronomers have detected high-energy neutrinos coming from within our Milky Way galaxy, potentially opening up an exciting new window of research.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is expected to complement a part of the Euclid spacecraft's mission to unveil the nature of dark energy.
The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests.
Reference Virgo is the largest constellation of the Zodiac and contains the bright star Spica, many exoplanets and deep-space objects.
In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way.
The James Webb Space Telescope has seen the starlight from an early galaxy hosting a feeding supermassive black hole for the first time ever.
The discovery of the giant planet Halla suggests that planets close to their stars can survive the rapid expansion seen as they enter their end-of-life red giant phase.
Refrence Boötes is a constellation in the northern hemisphere containing one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Arcturus.
NASA is soliciting the scientific community for ideas about instruments and experiments that could accompany Artemis 3 astronauts on their mission to the moon.
Earlier this month, the MOXIE oxygen-making experiment on the Perseverance Mars rover achieved a major milestone.
A new way to estimate the masses of supermassive black holes suggests that these cosmic titans may grow faster than previously believed.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured some incredible raw images of Saturn for the first time, but you might have to wait a bit longer to see them in their full glory.