NASA unveiled its plan to protect Earth and predict the chances for a threat from a near-Earth object (NEO), outlining five goals, including enhanced detection ...

If aliens or an asteroid get too close to Earth, NASA knows what to do.

Tucked away in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the world's first known nursery for baby manta rays has been discovered amid the shallow reefs.

Tucked away in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the world's first known nursery for baby manta rays has been discovered amid the shallow reefs.

The mystery of where manta rays keep their babies has started to unravel, with the lucky discovery of a rarely seen manta ray nursery.

Almost all of the rays in the area are rarely seen juveniles, which can reach wingspans of 23 feet when they grow up.

Venus, often regarded as Earth's twin, is a source of perpetual intrigue for planetary scientists. Although it may once have harbored water on its surface, Venus is ...

Venus's days may be getting slightly shorter thanks to a bizarre mismatch in the rotations of its rocky body and its thick, toxic atmosphere. Venus is a lot like Earth ...

Turbulent atmosphere speeds Venus's days by a full 2 minutes.

For years, scientists have been unable to agree on the length of a day on Venus, but one new study might put an end to this confusion.

Mars' massive dust storms have been challenging - and enticing - scientists for decades. From NASA, here's the scoop on Martian dust.

A nasty dust storm is wrapping around Mars, and visibility in some regions is so poor that the skies look like night during the middle of the day.

Curiosity Rover is enjoying its encounter with a tempest that's threatening to destroy its fellow exploration robot.

The search for life elsewhere in our solar system could take clues from the famed geothermal hot pools around tourism centre Rotorua.

The cause of a mysterious rock formation on Mars that NASA deemed an enigmatic pile of eroding sediments and UFO hunters strongly believe is an ...

Scientists at John Hopkins University in Maryland used radar to discover that the strange shapes on the Medusae Fossae formation were created by volcanic ...

An incredibly bizarre feature on Mars which conspiracy theorists believe is clear evidence of alien life is actually just a really, really weird rock formation, ...

A recent study had pinpointed what could have spawned the formation of the mysterious Medusae Fossae Formation. The insights from the new study could ...

An artist duo has published an impressive, unofficial look at the true size of SpaceX's reusable rockets, using a brilliant combination of 3D modeling and ...

Dan Hooper, a senior scientist with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has written a paper outlining a way future aliens could keep their civilizations alive in ...

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 is now close enough to its target, the asteroid Ryugu, to see surface features!

NASA's Curiosity rover has taken an incredible selfie image during an unprecedented massive dust storm on Mars.

The NASA Curiosity rover, which recently discovered ancient organic matter on Mars, may have taken pictures of life on the Red Planet. Controversial YouTube ...

During a globe-surrounding dust storm on Mars, NASA's nuclear-powered Curiosity rover took a high-resolution selfie. The image, which fans of the spacecraft...

NASA suggests earthlings will just have to peer up into the sky to enjoy the sight of Mars in a matter of weeks. July will be the closest Mars has come to Earth in ...

Astronomers captured a Tidal Disruption Event in which a black hole ripped a star apart and spewed a jet of energy into space.

Researchers now understand a strange reading in 2005 is now a star trying to escape the powerful gravity of a supermassive black hole.

"Because of the dust that absorbed any visible light, this particular tidal disruption event may be just the tip of the iceberg of what until now has been a hidden ...

(Space.com) A dust-enshrouded, giant black hole ripping apart a star blasted out a superfast jet of particles that packed about 125 billion times the amount of ...

The United States wants to send robotic explorers to the moon as soon as next year as a step toward sending astronauts there for the first time since 1972, ...

WASHINGTON – The United States wants to send robotic explorers to the moon as soon as next year as a preparatory step towards sending astronauts back ...

GOTHIC, Colo. — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, ...

GOTHIC, COLORADO — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when ...

GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when ...

It's been 30 years since much of the world learned that global warming had arrived, but climate isn't the only thing that's changing: Nature itself is too.

A distinct X-ray radiation flare gives compelling evidence to support their highly debated existence.

Astronomy news is always old news because of, you know, light years and such. About 750 million years ago, in a galaxy far, far away (queue the Star Wars ...

Scientists claim to have captured an intermediate-mass black hole as proof of its existence.

Researchers from the UNH in the US found the strongest evidence to date that such middle-of-the-road black holes exist.

The great scientist was a radical egalitarian—but subject nonetheless to some of the biases of his time. PinItShare?InstapaperPocket Email Print. Public Domain.

The world was shocked last week to learn Einstein's travel diaries included a series of racist remarks made in reference to Chinese people. Curiously, thou.

It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races,” the iconic scientist writes.

LONDON: Albert Einstein's diary reveals that the German scientist held racist views about Chinese people, and viewed them as being intellectually inferior.

Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new study finds.

The bizarre Medusae Fossae landscape likely traces back to volcanic eruptions.

A mysterious rock formation on Mars, which has perplexed scientists for decades, was likely formed as a result of a series of explosive volcanic eruptions more ...

A new study suggests that major volcanic eruptions on Mars could have created a strange rock formation at the planet's equator.

As a little girl, my dream was to become an astronaut.

A visual artist used data captured a camera on Mars then turned it into a video. The video shows what it would be like to fly over the Martian surface.

In 2008, outside Geneva, Switzerland, physicists turned on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator and most expensive science ...

NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, ...

The identification of small 'oases' in the world's oceans, where corals appear to be thriving, could offer vital insights in the race to save one of the world's most ...

Sections of coral in the Pacific and the Caribbean are fighting back against the global threats that have decimated reefs worldwide. While the discovery does not ...

Sharks have disappeared from more than 1000 coral reefs because of overfishing, a study has found.Their loss threatens the survival of reefs because sharks ...

While we believe that we understand photosynthesis well, scientists at the Imperial College, London have discovered a new type of photosynthesis that could ...

Astronomers detected a flare of radiation in a distant galaxy that was emitted as a star is being devoured by a black hole. The intermediate-mass black hole ...

An international team of experts presents their discovery of 38 coral reefs located in the Pacific and the Caribbean that are resilient to climate change. According ...

Thirty-eight reef 'oases' that have managed to survive the worldwide ecological disaster could show us how to save the world's dying corals. In a fortunate and ...

The sight of Earth, from hundreds of kilometers away in open space while you are tethered only to the International Space Station, is “absolutely amazing”, said ...