Science

A trio of major solar flares triggered radio blackouts across Earth and may spark impressive northern lights as possible solar storms head our way.

NASA has declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after Red Planet anomaly led to months of lost contact.

With the eclipse occurring near sunset over a complex landscape, eclipse chasers must do their research before the big moment on Aug. 12, 2026. Here’s what to do.

If your child has ever dug their heels in on the morning of the school athletics or cross country day, or refused to speak in front of the class, you’re not alone.

In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Nearly three decades later, we learned that she had also been an LGBTQ trailblazer.

A powerful but mostly unseen water system at work during rocket engine tests at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, underwent an upgrade in May. Crews brought the High Pressure Industrial Water Facility’s 66-million-gallon reservoir to its…

New research from the U.K. suggests that being exposed to old ideas that portray male sexual violence as having an evolutionary explanation—such as it being biological and inevitable—can lead people to be more likely to blame the victim in rape…

Scientists propose that a moon base could act as an isolated first line of biological defense against extraterrestrial samples that might be harmful to Earth’s biosphere.

Chevron seven will not lock

Over 60 hours of light data was used to create this stunning view of the gravitationally bound “Leo Triplet” galaxies.