The best time to view the Perseids is between midnight and dawn, according to Hankey. However, one of the the best days to ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research. Gravitational waves were predicted by ...

President Donald Trump says Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company hasn't confirmed such a move. Any switch from high ...

This week, momentum is building around nuclear fusion, as tech investment and breakthroughs suggest it may arrive sooner than ...

The Perseid meteor shower, expected to peak Aug. 12-13, will light up the night sky with up to 100 meteors per hour, offering ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Early risers will get a rare opportunity to see something extraordinary in the early hours of July 18 — the dark shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, sweeping across the planet's cloud tops.

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

Researchers will mine data from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will survey the same areas of the sky every ...

According to the paper laying out the research behind the discovery, "TOI-1846b is a super-Earth-sized planet, with a radius ...