Scientists with the Schmidt Ocean Institute have identified a massive undersea peak along the Salas y Gomez Ridge in the southeastern Pacific, a formation that rises higher from the ocean floor than ...

The Milky Way owes its iconic name not to modern astrophysics but to an Ancient Greek myth involving Zeus, Hera, and a splash of divine milk.

They show up as a mathematical solution in general relativity, basically as a time-reversed version of a black hole. Some ...

All the “normal” matter, like the stars, gas, dust, and people, is called baryonic matter, and it’s basically the tiny visible fraction of a universe that’s mostly invisible and still not fully ...

Continuing our new series on photography and gear, DPReview community member Michael S. shares how early sports photography and a lifelong love of astronomy grew into a passion for capturing wildlife ...

Geography is the study of Earth’s landscapes and how people relate to their surroundings—a wholesome idea that should unite ...

Read a sci-fi short story every month and join a virtual community of fellow science fiction fans! NASA has given its ...

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

He was the only one sitting when it was over, rubbing his eyes in disbelief. Bad Bunny had made history by winning album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” the first time a Spanish-language album ...

STARBASE, Texas — During a presentation, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk shared how he plans to use Starship to reach the planet Mars, and how in a few short years, there is a chance humans could ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These aluminum-rich clays, called kaolinite, usually form on Earth only after millions ...

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago. To get a better picture of ...