Americans are preparing for the strongest auroras in recent memory. The Northern Lights this March will be larger and easier to view in some states.

The latest crop of space-time wobbles includes a variety of heavy, fast-spinning, and lopsided colliding black holes.

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...

A team of researchers has discovered a field of tektites in Brazil, providing evidence of a powerful meteorite impact that ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint ...

Physicists have long struggled to unite quantum mechanics—the theory governing tiny particles—with Einstein’s theory of ...

Researchers studying a 2,500-year-old skull discovered evidence that an ancient woman survived a sophisticated surgical procedure, shedding new light on when humans first began performing complex ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is big and dangerous enough that it has been dubbed a "city killer." There were concerns that the asteroid could hit the moon or even Earth in 2032. However, in a major update, NASA ...

The caution kept the mammoth extinction story intact, but it turned the bones into a new kind of mystery. A run of ...

NASA has revealed a major update on the massive “city killer” asteroid amid fears after scientists debated using nuclear ...

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally feared to be heading for Earth, but further observations suggested it would strike the lunar surface.