If you want a single word that captures Osaka’s approach to food, try kuiadore – eat until you’re broke. Yes, Tokyo has more ...

A stray comet from another star is swinging past Earth. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass ...

Nearly half a century after it left Earth, a battered spacecraft built with 1970s electronics is closing in on a frontier no ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

For decades, astronomers assumed that small, rocky planets in precarious proximity to their stars were destined to be barren, ...

After years of transmitting groundbreaking data about the Red Planet's vanishing atmosphere, the veteran spacecraft is now ...

Scientists have uncovered a massive, hidden rock layer beneath Bermuda, over 12 miles thick, defying typical oceanic island ...

NASA’s Webb telescope and Curiosity rover inducted into TIME Hall of Fame, celebrating decades of scientific achievement, ...

As is often the case with franchises that have been around for decades, Star Trek has had its share of episodes that make modern viewers do a double-take.

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Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

Scientists find that time on Mars runs 477 microseconds faster than on Earth, a discovery that could enhance deep-space communication and future exploration ...