The astronomer Edmond Halley, the namesake for Halley’s comet, linked the northern lights to the Earth’s magnetic field, setting off research into the science behind them. He expected to die without ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

After the Big Bang, the Universe entered a long, dark period before the first stars formed. During this era, hydrogen emitted a faint radio signal that still echoes today. New simulations show this ...

The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

Astronomers believe this barred spiral galaxy could be the oldest example of its kind ever observed. Research led by Daniel ...

Since 1852, numerous inventions and discoveries have been made at Tufts University. While recent patents receive significant ...

The closure of NASA's largest research library at Goddard Space Flight Center represents a deliberate attack on scientific ...

Unearthed in Germany, the Nebra Sky Disc may be the world’s oldest cosmic map, revealing how ancient Europeans read the stars ...

"It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures ...

Who made the present-day official outlines of the 88 constellations and why do they contain so many zigzags?Caitlin ...

Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...