New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

Tourists were treated to the rare sight of blood-red rainwater flowing down a cliff to the beach on Hormuz Island last week ...

NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth from a weeklong mission at the International Space Station that ...

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after nearly nine months in space and readjusting to ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

Discover the Oldest Lake on Earth, Lake Baikal, which has existed for 25 million years. Learn about its depth, biodiversity, ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Dolphins live and hunt in large social groups called pods, and they communicate with each other using high-pitched clicks and ...

Exactly two weeks after the "blood moon" total lunar eclipse comes a partial solar eclipse visible to some in North America.

The infinity of the universe hides facts such as the one that has been uncovered in recent days. An object 13 times the size of the planet Jupiter is wandering uncontrollably throu ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...