After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

NASA selected 25 new citizen science proposals for funding that will lead to new projects and new results to look forward to ...

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

The amorphous state of matter is the most abundant form of visible matter in the universe, and includes all structurally ...

An 8-year-old’s casual backyard observation has transformed our understanding of an intricate relationship between ants, ...

A blood moon occurs during a total lunar eclipse when Earth's shadow casts a reddish tint on the moon. This intriguing visual ...

Despite more than 50 years of research on the safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste, the research community has ...

Researchers have finished equipping the Subaru Telescope with a new special "compound eye," culminating several years of ...

To facilitate public viewing of a rare celestial event, Pilikula Regional Science Centre (PRSC) in Mangaluru will organise a special telescope observation session on January 11, from 6.30 pm onwards.

Chile's Atacama Desert is home to some of the best Earth-based observatories, though an energy company is throwing a wrench ...

Scientists and amateur astronomers have teamed up to upend a long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are ...

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew ...