When black holes merge, what happens inside of them is anybody's guess. Black hole mergers are beautiful — and some of the most violent events in the cosmos. Here's how the process unfolds.

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

Anyone who is capable of seeing the moon (or the sun) near the horizon has experienced this effect. The moon looks enormous ...

In Hawaii and other places, there are underground hollow tubes where lava once flowed. Today they are dark, cool, and in the ...

Wayside signs that provide some Shoshone-Bannock tribal interpretation of lava flows in Idaho have been added to the trails ...

A number of countries are preparing to send astronauts to the Moon. It is likely this time that these missions won’t just be ...

The remarkable discovery of animal life beneath the seafloor shows that life finds a way even in the most extreme ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched ...

The Europa Clipper spacecraft will use its various instruments to probe whether the icy ocean world is habitable.

(THE CONVERSATION) NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water. The ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has maintained a narrow lead against former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a state whose importance continues to loom large and where the margin ...