The universe’s light-starved early epochs, as well as the first stars and galaxies, lie beyond the reach of conventional ...

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A new gallery is open at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. The re-imagined “exploring space” area invites visitors ...

The dynamics between predator and prey are laid bare in a striking image of fish being attacked by sharks in the shallow ...

By searching sparsely populated regions of the galaxy, astronomers have for the first time found the source of a kind of signal that has puzzled them for years.

In the world of science, English is the standard language. But could this be limiting talented Chinese academics?

A new approach to digital imaging promises to ramp up resolution, with potential applications in astronomy and remote sensing ...

The unique image of the sharks claimed the top award and here are some of the other winners of this year's photography ...

In the eighteenth century, from opposite ends of the world, a debate raged between two scholars over a seemingly esoteric question: did Chinese history predate Judeo-Christian antiquity? Antoine ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope announced today that Northwestern University has joined its international consortium to ...

"We would have loved to find that Venus was once a planet much closer to our own, so it’s kind of sad in a way to find out ...

The Geminid meteor shower is due to peak on December 13, but there's plenty of other celestial sights to feast your eyes on ...