By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency's mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final ...

A mysterious space object named 2023 KQ14, nicknamed “Ammonite,” challenges theories about the mysterious and possible Planet Nine.

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Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen in human history. The post From Fossils to Forecasts: Why Earth Science Is ...

He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt. Who was he really?

Our elected representatives’ role is not to fight the opposing parties but to present and argue ideas and work together to do some good.

In her new book "First Contact," journalist Becky Ferreira explores the scientific search for alien life, our cultural obsessions with extraterrestrials and why the truth may be more human than we ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to reach somewhere truly empty?

The startup Reflect Orbital aims to keep solar farms running at night by reflecting sunlight from space and has sparked controversy among astronomers.

That’s exactly what happens at SunWatch Indian Village in Dayton, Ohio – a reconstructed 800-year-old Native American settlement that’s somehow flying under the radar of most Ohioans.

Bezos, currently the world’s fourth richest person with an estimated net worth of $232 billion, is best known for founding Amazon. But in 2021, he stepped away from the company in part to focus on ...