Space

Gamma-ray bursts are some of the most extreme events in the universe, producing vast jets of powerful radiation that can be detected billions of light-years from their source.

The ocean is thought to be be billions of years old and may contain as much as three times the volume of all the liquid water on Earth.

Build-ups of toxic gases in the atmospheres of many exoplanets in the "habitable zone" could limit the "safe zone" in which life outside our solar system could actually exist.

The findings expand our knowledge of black holes and the galaxies within which they are often found.

This is the first time a magnetic field has been observed in the filaments connecting clusters.

There are three different physical processes responsible for accelerating particles to vast speeds.

Helium is a vital element in several industries, and a global shortage could have devastating effects.

These early stars may have blown up in a more violent and asymmetric fashion than previously thought.

Large space rocks don’t hit Earth often, but just one could cause mass destruction.

Follow the stars to see spectacular sights from these wondrous locations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who faces a general election next month, announced that India had become the fourth country in the world to deploy such an anti-satellite weapon.

The moon-walkers were carrying messages of peace from all over the globe.

The U.S. has so far rejected joint Russian-Chinese initiatives on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space treaty.

The craft launched early Saturday morning.

After 50 years of theoretical predictions, we've managed to demonstrate how the magnetic field bangs like a drum.

Scientists in China say harnessing solar power in space will provide an “inexhaustible source of clean energy.”

China accused the United States of making “unwarranted and utterly baseless comments” about its outer space policy.

The newly named six-wheeled explorer will search for evidence of past and present life on Mars when it reaches the surface in 2021.

There may be way less dark matter out there than scientists think—and maybe even none at all.

"If you liked the president's border wall, wait until you see his space wall," arms control expert Joseph Cirincione said.

Iran's air force commander warned that "there is no need for the presence of foreigners in the region" as the United States began withdrawing troops from Syria.

A second-repeating radio signal, FRB 180814.J0422+73, was found to repeat six times from a distance of 1.5 billion light-years away.

The image of the galaxy includes up to 15 million stars.

China has achieved something that neither the U.S. or Russia has—landing a spacecraft on the "dark" side of the moon.

Samsung is unveiling its new Space Monitor at CES 2019 which promises to save users more space on their desktops.

The breakthrough could help researchers recreate the states found inside white dwarf stars.

The origin of this rarely observed ultra-high-energy phenomenon has puzzled scientists for decades.

"I made a mistake, and the next day I received an email message: did you call 911?” André Kuipers explained.

Just as tensions with the U.S. were heating up on Earth, the Chang'e-4 probe was set to conduct the first soft landing in history on the dark side of the moon.

“The instinctive, the passionate, the almost unconscious side [of my brain] takes over. As soon as I heard the words…I could hear the melody in my head. It just somehow took shape.”