Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

As deep-sea robots continue to evolve, they hold the potential to discover new life forms—true deep-sea "aliens"—and unlock ...

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months.

Yusaku Maezawa handpicked 10 creatives for an ambitious project called dearMoon, only to pull the plug. Now they’re figuring ...

The few truly regenerative buildings across the world can teach us how the built environment could help to avert the worst ...

Dark matter is a confounding concept that teeters on the leading edges of cosmology and physics. We don't know what it is or ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

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GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.