Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles from the Sun, at the farthest ...

President Donald Trump's administration has been using the funding spigot to seek compliance with his agenda, cutting off money to schools including Columbia University and the University of ...

Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe team won the 2024 Collier Trophy for boldly venturing into the Sun’s atmosphere. With revolutionary ...

The journalist helped shepherd the top-secret Pentagon Papers into print in 1971 and won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of ...

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Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday didn’t reserve her criticism for Republicans while calling for change, saying Democrats need a party that “fights harder” for them.

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New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...