Astronomy

Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could hide collisions between neutron stars, the events that forge elements like gold, silver, and platinum.

A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup suggests.

Will future astronauts take shelter in moon caves?

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered the most distant Fast Radio Burst (FRB) ever, more than doubling the previous record.

NASA's Curiosity rover recently captured a stunning panorama of a Martian mountain range bathed in golden early-morning light.

Astronomers have observed a stellar vampire feeding on a 'failed star' brown dwarf companion for the first time, and this will be a slow and gruesome death.

The nebula NGC 7129, as seen in a brand new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and earliest blazar, an erupting supermassive black hole aiming its plasma jets directly at Earth.

As lunar traffic increases, controlled crash landings of moon orbiters and rocket stages are becoming an attractive end-of-mission disposal strategy. And that's a problem.