NASA says it's aware of an asteroid with a "very small chance" of hitting Earth in seven years. It's raised questions about what scientists could do to divert a threatening asteroid — and who would be ...

Scientists have found a rare “Einstein ring” near Earth – stumbling on it almost by accident.The rare phenomenon was spotted ...

Rep. Nancy Mace took to the House floor to give a stunning speech accusing men of engaging in rape and sex trafficking. She ...

University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

The peak of the current solar cycle is ongoing, bringing spectacular views of the northern lights to several U.S. states.

Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but the Euclid telescope has ...

While testing out its dark matter detective, European Space Agency scientists saw a cosmic phenomenon named after famed physicist Albert Einstein: an Einstein ring.

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Coronal holes in the Sun continue to send solar wind toward Earth, increasing the chances of Northern Lights across the northern U.S. this week, according to the latest space weather forecast.

A Mars image shows a strange square formation. Some think it's artificial, but experts suggest natural causes.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...