Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Earth is not the only place in the universe fossils can be found anymore. NASA was able to peak into a galaxy and what scientists saw made left them speechless.

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

Ocean darkening is rapidly spreading, squeezing marine life closer to the surface and altering ecosystems worldwide.

A remarkable aspect of this technology is its ability to project entirely different images depending on both the wavelength (color) and spin (polarization direction) of light. For example, ...

The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) may be seen in 15 northern U.S. states this week, with a geomagnetic storm forecast for ...

Nichole "Vapor" Ayers shared a fascinating video of the northern lights on X that unexpectedly formed while she was filming from space in May 2025.

If the Sun is a blazing ball of fire radiating unimaginable energy, why is space so dark? Shouldn't it be lit up like daylight everywhere? It’s one of the most asked questions in science,and the ...

All living things give off a super faint glow that's too dim for our eyes to see, but this glow completely stops when ...

I am an astrophysicist, and one of the first things I learned in my studies is how light often behaves in ways that defy our intuitions.

What would really happen if Earth lost all oxygen for just 5 seconds? It might sound harmless — after all, most of us can hold our breath that long — but the reality is absolutely terrifying. In this ...

A curious question sparked a cosmic deep dive into why light never tires—even after 25 million years on the move.