Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the ...

A newly detected gravitational wave, GW250114, is giving scientists their clearest look yet at a black hole collision—and a powerful way to test Einstein’s theory of gravity. Its clarity allowed ...

Explore this North Carolina science museum where interactive exhibits, dinosaurs, and hands-on fun make learning an adventure ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

The dazzling lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth's atmosphere. While ...

The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences will develop a curriculum covering 14 first-level disciplines and specialties, including aerospace science and technology and planetary science.

Now, using the world's largest radio telescope project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ( ALMA ), ...

At the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board moved the Doomsday Clock forward from 89 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight, citing a failure in global leadership.