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James Webb Space Telescope learns how a cosmic phoenix cools off to birth stars

Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James Webb Space Telescope has no...

James Webb Space Telescope learns how a cosmic phoenix cools off to birth stars

"Monumental necropolis" of 200 ancient tombs unearthed in Italy

"Monumental necropolis" of 200 ancient tombs unearthed in Italy

'Star Trek: Section 31' got us thinking... Should you have to do your homework before you watch a movie?

The latest 'Star Trek' movie assumes plenty of prior knowledge of a vast franchise — and it's not alone.

'Star Trek: Section 31' got us thinking... Should you have to do your homework before you watch a movie?

Scientists accidentally discover Earth's inner core is less solid than expected

Researchers discovered that Earth's inner core is surprisingly viscous.

Scientists accidentally discover Earth's inner core is less solid than expected

The Winter Triangle meets the 'Mars Triangle' in the night sky this month

For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the Gemini Twins, Pollux and Ca...

The Winter Triangle meets the 'Mars Triangle' in the night sky this month

Does the moon look smaller tonight? Here's why a 'micromoon' rises

The moon reaches its farthest point from Earth tonight, known as apogee, making it appear ever so slightly smaller in the night sky.

Does the moon look smaller tonight? Here's why a 'micromoon' rises

Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite

A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts — and Mercury is in the picture.

Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite

Why is water different colors in different places?

Why is water different colors in different places?

Paleontologists uncover a nearly complete skull of a 30 million-year-old apex carnivore in Egypt

Paleontologists uncover a nearly complete skull of a 30 million-year-old apex carnivore in Egypt

Some planet-forming stars never 'grow up' and lose their 'Peter Pan' disks

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a planet-forming disk around a low-mass star, finding it contains chemical signatures never s...

Some planet-forming stars never 'grow up' and lose their 'Peter Pan' disks

Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane

By tracking the TV signal back to the plane that was reflecting it towards the Murchison Wide-field Array, astronomers will be able to learn how to re...

Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane

Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote

Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote

'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting t...

'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Continent-size blobs in Earth's mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in s...

Continent-size blobs in Earth's mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal

Growing pains: The next generation of farmers struggles to fit on preserved farmland

Growing pains: The next generation of farmers struggles to fit on preserved farmland

'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

Scientists are racing to discover the depth of ocean damage sparked by the LA wildfires

Scientists are racing to discover the depth of ocean damage sparked by the LA wildfires

An eruption is possible at Alaska’s Mount Spurr. What we know about the volcano

An eruption is possible at Alaska’s Mount Spurr. What we know about the volcano

2 populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell researchers where the Earth got its oceans

2 populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell researchers where the Earth got its oceans

Blizzard in the North and floods in the South while severe storms batter eastern U.S.

Blizzard in the North and floods in the South while severe storms batter eastern U.S.