Like a shelf in an old house, the Earth collects a lot of dust from its surroundings. This "space dust" is mostly made up of ...

Probing the dawn of the cosmos for clues to how the first galaxies and supermassive black holes formed is no easy feat ...

During last year’s brief visit from the comet 3I/ATLAS, astronomers got an extremely rare glimpse into the cosmos beyond our ...

Quasars — the brightest objects in the universe — are powered by supermassive black holes at the heart of early galaxies.

This is to do with something called object permanence, an idea of understanding that even when you can't see something, it still exists, something that babies genuinely do struggle with. So how about ...

A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of ...

Restored Jin zhe si gourd earrings produced through experimental reconstruction. Credit: npj Heritage Science, 2026. A pair of Ming Dynasty earrings looked, at first glance, as if someone had spun ...

A star called TOI-2155 lies around 1,350 light-years (839 trillion miles) from Earth. It is a little bigger, heavier and ...

Avi Loeb, who served as the Chair of the Department of Astronomy until 2020, will head the new “UAP Science Advisory Council.” The Council’s creation is part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...

The America250 time capsule will hold dozens of historical treasures. Avoiding dampness and other dangers requires lots of ...

The Pentagon just released what they're calling never before seen UFO files, including videos, images, and original documents ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...