Humanity is reaching the threshold of adulthood. It is time to grow up and go out — beyond the cradle and into the cosmos.

Sea level rise due to human induced climate change is a hot button topic. But as a new book reveals, its history has long ...

E lectromagnetic chorus waves once thought to only exist close to the Earth have been found at a distance of 165,000 ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...

The astronaut, educator, former NFL player and now author wants the series to show kids they can do anything, with the right people in their orbit ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two underground “super-continents” hundreds of miles beneath Africa and the Pacific ...

Many science fiction authors try to incorporate scientific principles into their work, but Ian Tregillis, who is a contributing author of the Wild Cards book series when he's not working as a ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

Moving at roughly 20,505 miles per hour along the distant world's equator, it’s the fastest known jet stream that wraps around a planet ...

Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Evade D.E.I. Crackdown Justice Department orders a halt to civil rights work. Budget nominee hints at work requirements for Medicaid. Local ...