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Scientists may have a new way to study high-energy cosmic rays that slam into Earth, tracking them through the atmosphere with the Subaru telescope.

The Milky Way is warped and scientists may finally know why. New research lays the blame for our 'wobbly disked' galaxy on an off-kilter, invisible halo of dark matter.

The deserts of Nevada provided the perfect setting for the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023 in a region known for its love of strange sights in the sky.

Scientists have studied a planetary nebula in Messier 37, as though it were a cosmic crime scene, to determine how the dead star at its heart lived and died.

A sneak peek at the first five pages of Marvel Comics' 'Star Wars: The High Republic #1.'

On Oct. 14 an annular solar eclipse occurred across the Americas. We have rounded up some of the best photos here.

The first images of the moon passing between the sun and the Earth in a so-called "ring of fire" solar eclipse visible are coming in and the views are amazing.

A new ore, dubbed niobobaotite, was discovered in Inner Mongolia's Bayan Obo deposit and contains the rare earth element niobium — a valuable metal that acts as a superconductor and could revolutionize battery technology.

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will potentially solve the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter with an extremely precise map of the universe.

October's new moon rises today (Oct. 14) and causes an annular or 'ring of fire' solar eclipse, which will delight skywatchers across the Americas.

An annular solar eclipse will set the skies alight with a magnificent 'ring of fire' today. The stunning scene will be visible across the Americas.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is safely back on Earth after an eventful year in space. He talked about the spacecraft leak that kept him stuck there and what he learned from his stay.

Two NASA astronauts will conduct an all-woman spacewalk on Oct. 30. While only one other crew has done so before, more such spacewalks will come, NASA says.

The fourth season of 'For All Mankind' proves that an alternate space history series needn't be all about the past. It can be as current as this week, as the trailer for the Apple TV+ drama shows.

SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket launched NASA's Psyche asteroid mission on Friday (Oct. 13), providing space fans with lots of eye candy.

A 'ring of fire' or annular solar eclipse will sweep across the United States on Oct. 14, bringing incredible views and a lot of science at the same time.

The second episode of Loki season 2 puts the plot on pause for the majority of the runtime and gives the stellar cast plenty of space to play around.

Superintelligences might reveal themselves through the technosignatures of their cosmic engineering projects.

NASA's Psyche mission launched Friday (Oct. 13) on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and is now bound for the largest metal asteroid in our solar system.

Almost all of North America will experience a dramatic event on Saturday (Oct. 14), when a partial eclipse of the sun will be visible — weather permitting, of course.

A breathtaking new Hubble Space Telescope image captures star-packed regions in the NGC 685 galaxy.