This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers ...

The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips—and ...

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Radiation from space that led to more than 6,000 Airbus aircraft needing emergency computer updates could become a growing ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

The terrifying plunge of a JetBlue flight bound for New Jersey has revived a question that sounds like science fiction but is ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

This redefined shooting star. It’s not just spacecraft that are impacted by the horrors of deep space. In October, 15 people ...

Michigan State University astrophysicists are closing in on one of space science’s biggest mysteries: where the galaxy’s most energetic particles come from. Their studies uncovered a pulsar wind ...

ATLANTA — Cosmic rays are now blamed for a scary experience midair during a JetBlue flight. The plane suddenly lost altitude while traveling from Cancun to New Jersey in October. It’s called a ...

Most scientists agree the prolonged flash likely occurred when a black hole ate a star, but two other ideas can't be ruled ...