When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

With its sharp observation and wide-field view, Euclid has already found more than 1.2 million large galaxies and obtained details of their morphology.

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for ...

The Leonids meteor shower is one of the two best annual meteor showers to be seen in the Northern Hemisphere night sky, the ...

Scientists have debunked viral claims that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS dropped 'probes' toward Earth, explaining that ...

Raphael De Sousa (22) grew up in Cape Town, where he attended Milnerton High School and Parklands College. He graduated from ...

Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest.

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

Researchers at KRISS observed water’s rapid freeze–melt cycles under ultrahigh pressure and discovered Ice XXI, the first new ...

"Once you consider magnetic fields, you can actually explain the origins of this unique event." Scientists have gotten to the ...

You’ve got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our Pottsville skies, as it has a very close celestial hug ...

You’ve got a great chance to see the “Planet George” this week in our Butler skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with ...