Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor ...

In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

Incention is launching a platform to bring AI and blockchain to Hollywood, and it is working with Hollywood writer David S.

The Hollywood veteran behind The Dark Night, Blade and Foundation is crowdsourcing a new sci-fi franchise called Emergence, ...

In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

The project, called OpenUniverse, relied on the now-retired Theta supercomputer at the DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The supercomputer accomplished a process ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time ...

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In a race against time, clouds and the setting sun, photographer Josh Dury captured this dramatic photograph of Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) at dusk on Jan. 15. The comet is a rare visitor to our ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun ...