This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature photographed for the first time, and more.

Amelia Bryan discusses what cosmological events to look forward to in 2025: planetary parades, eclipses and meteor showers.

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions. The ...

In February, the iconic winter stars and constellations reach their prime positions for viewing. On the 1st, all will be ...

On top of breakthroughs in animal language, the Earth Species Project expects improved interspecies understanding will foster greater appreciation for the planet in the face of climate change.

Nemonte Nenquimo is a Waorani woman who lives in Ecuador, which is home to some of the most biodiverse rainforests on Earth.

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a parade of planets in the post-sunset sky.

Animation specialist Hazegrayart put together a video of ten never-made Russian rockets and spacecraft, these are the first ...

It has its themes — among them, self-improvement, self-control and independence of thought — but more than any one idea, it celebrates a kind of swaggering, often vulgar male speech, defined in ...

Starting Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Groundhog Day, you should be able to see another planetary parade in the night sky, this time joined by the crescent moon. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune ...

A story you may have seen recently claims an asteroid spotted this month by an astronomer turned out to be a Tesla in space.

Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...