Astronomy

Scientists have discovered that some of the universe's most powerful explosions, hypernovas, may not happen at all.

The location of Earth's geographic poles has changed several times over the past 320 million years in a process known as true polar wander.

Hydrogen may be the most common element in the cosmos, but scientists could use it to do something unique: uncover the nature of dark energy.

Using the NASA spacecraft Swift, astronomers observed a supermassive black hole burping radio jets 300 days after a heavy cosmic meal.

NASA is asking for ideas to stop static electricity from zapping astronauts or critical hardware during moon missions.

The Etosha Pan in northern Namibia, the largest salt flat in the country, looks otherworldly in this satellite photo.

In March 2028, the UAE is set to launch an ambitious mission to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that will culminate with a landing attempt on a mysteriously reddish space rock.

Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could hide collisions between neutron stars, the events that forge elements like gold, silver, and platinum.

A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup suggests.