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The crop of winners showcases a dazzling range of shots, including views of the Milky Way, comets blasted by solar wind and the elusive Spaghetti Nebula. The overall winning image, taken by Weitang ...

On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. The fire's ...

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If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low Earth orbit.

Minutes after SpaceX's Sept. 28 Starlink launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station (VSFS), in California, the ...

In a significant potential shift for astrophysics, it turns out that some quasars may weigh as little as half what was previously believed.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope, New Horizons and Lucy missions are examples of the missions that are leading to discoveries about the "fossils of our solar system," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Because all earthly life shares a common origin, finding a second tree of life would forever change humanity’s understanding ...