Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star. Stargazers and astronomers around the world continue to gaze toward the Corona Borealis constellation 3,000 light-years from Earth, where a long-dead ...

The James Webb Telescope has helped to find a ‘gassy’ galaxy – where gas shines brighter than the stars – which could help ...

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will end cooperation with up to 500 scientists affiliated with Russian ...

The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events ...

Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, there's been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in ...

The speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected.

In a monumental achievement, astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope have created the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, featuring over 1.5 billion cosmic ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing.

We hear about artificial intelligence all the time nowadays—but what is it doing for astronomy? A lot! New research papers are published almost every week using AI for some new investigation in ...

Scientists have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which are a group of disorders that damage the eye's light-sensing retina and threatens vision. Though IRDs ...

A researcher at the University of Guam marine laboratory led a team of scientists who discovered a unique gene found in soft ...

Due to “the rapid increase in plastic production, the longevity of plastic, and the disposable nature of plastic items,” the ...