NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as "megaripples" ...

The ambitious mission to retrieve samples from asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth is paying off. Just as scientists had hoped, the asteroid is revealing details about the early days of our solar ...

As the Qixi Festival approaches on August 29, many are reminded of the poignant tale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, two star-crossed lovers separated by the Milky Way. This annual celebration, ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant ...

Get ready for a celestial treat. A total lunar eclipse will occur on September 7, 2025. The Moon will turn a stunning red. This Blood Moon will be vis ...

The Cosmic Love Story: From Celestial Worship to Artistic Expression The origins of Qixi can be traced back to ancient star worship. The Book of Songs contains early anthropomorphic deions of the ...

New research published in the journal Science reveals the red planet's mantle preserves a record of its violent beginnings.

"Trying to lock in on dark matter's signal is like trying to hear somebody whisper in a stadium full of people." ...

Chadwick Boseman died on Aug. 28, 2020, after a private journey with cancer. From '42' to 'Black Panther,' here's a look back ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the comet is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for billions of years, carrying pristine material from another star system ...

The material could make it easier to adopt new battery technologies developed in the next five to ten years, claim researchers.

On August 19–20, the Santa Fe Institute hosted Collaborative Visions of Power in Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan and the Lowland Maya, a working group that brought together archaeologists, anthropologists, ...