Category: Science

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the International Space Station.

Comet SWAN25F was discovered using photos from the European Space Agency’s SOHO spacecraft and can currently be spied using backyard equipment — but it could

Video footage captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover shows a small “dust devil” merging with a much larger twister on the surface of Mars.

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter’s magnetosphere “like a giant squash ball,” a new study reports.

The best compact binoculars are small and lightweight in size, but mighty in optical performance and portability. These are our top pocketable picks.

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon’s shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people

The AstroMaster 102AZ is one of Amazon’s best selling beginner telescopes and rated for its ease of use and versatile performance.

Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state’s ongoing measles outbreak.

Researchers have performed a necropsy on a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth preserved in the Siberian permafrost.

Prominent anti-vaccine activists lined up on social media to denounce the move. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein)

Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields. (Image credit: Crown Bees)

From the mountains of Turin to the deserts of Arizona, a core element of Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station, is now one step closer

Humans tend to put our own intelligence on a pedestal. Our brains can do math, employ logic, explore abstractions and think critically. But we can’t

Dire wolves, made famous by HBO’s Game of Thrones, have been extinct for around 12,500 years. But thanks to genetic engineers at biotech company Colossal