Space

Gamma rays may be most famous for creating The Incredible Hulk, but outside of the world of fiction, they're a fantastic source of...

Unlike that false alarm in Hawaii, this potentially cataclysmic piece of news is real: an asteroid between 22 and 68 meters in...

Though we're skilled at trashing our own planet, data over the last several decades reminds us that we've grown pretty adept at...

The hunt for intelligent life is proving more than a little futile.Throughout the universe, across billions and billions of stars, and...

The problem with exploring space is that it's really hard to keep your bearings when you're entirely surrounded by nothingness.While...

Last month, a series of reports amounted to what seemed like a watershed moment when the curtain was pulled back on a secret program...

Have you ever wanted to fly through space? In a non-lethal way, of course. And you'd probably have to pick a specific destination,...

From the sound of it, traveling to Mars is going to be an absolute (and possibly literal) nightmare. After years of cramped...

When it comes to exploring Mars, its two moons seem to offer a safe and practical vantage point. Instead of landing on the red planet...

While the Hubble telescope is a phenomenal achievement, it has its limitations.Even the most powerful telescope satellite in orbit...

We tend to think that scientific breakthroughs can only come from visionaries and crack teams of highly skilled, specialized...

Black holes are incredibly powerful gravity wells that absorb anything and everything that gets too close. There is no escape from the...

Finding water on Mars is always exciting. The Red Planet is always thought of in popular culture as being one step less habitable than...

NASA's flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, is able to intimately capture data in...

For years, we’ve accepted that one the greatest and most mysterious things about black holes is the fact that we just can’t see...

If you thought comets were just flashy rocks that show up every now and then to entertain stargazers, you're in for a surprise.  ...

An increasing body of research suggests that life on Earth came from outer space.The theory is simple: while the Earth was a ripe and...

Far away, in a distant dwarf galaxy, something may be trying to get our attention. Since 2016, scientists have been baffled by the...

Sometimes we fail to notice an important detail, even when it’s right in front of us. Scientists are aware of how the slightest...

We've said it before, but it seems like the universe keeps proving that it's a lot more complicated than the Drake Equation would lead...