Isaac Schultz

Several factors are contributing to what could be a record season for the ocean-borne storms

Astronomers have managed to measure the spin of a supermassive black hole, which could help reveal how they grew in the universe

The event, which occurred when the universe was 740 million years young, gives scientists a clue about the number of light black holes in the universe

Dozens of Egypt's most famous pyramids may have been built thanks to this long-lost transit corridor

Paleontologists found a new species of echinoderm that was halfway through the process of regeneration when it died

The Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged a nearly edge-on view of a lenticular galaxy

Several stars that appeared to have formed 12 to 13 billion years ago were spotted in the Milky Way halo — basically, our galaxy's suburbs

“We have a very rare event on our hands" space weather forecasters said

A batch of strong solar flares has appeared on the Sun over the past few days, prompting officials to issue a severe geomagnetic storm watch

Blue holes are huge underwater sinkholes that appear on the seafloor when the limestone bedrock collapses

Beneath the parched sands of Atacama is a massive, diverse group of bacteria and a previously undetected biosphere, according to a new study

Since 2016, the NASA mission has captured some awe-inspiring views of alien worlds and promising venues for alien life

There's a new threat category beyond red to indicate extreme, dangerous heat

NASA's Juno spacecraft saw molten rock on Jupiter's moon Io

A mile-long lava tube in Saudi Arabia was full of life, as new archaeological research shows.

Pyrite can contain an in-demand element that has sparked its own "gold rush"

The brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from a supernova but mysteriously didn't show signs of heavy elements

News findings affirm a 90-year-old theory about how electrons can assemble without atoms

The World Nature Photography Awards capture the serene and vicious beauty of nature

An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site

It's known as the stellarator and it relies partly on 3D-printed parts

The faint star system — the tiniest Milky Way satellite ever found — could be under the influence of dark matter.

The 3.2-billion-pixel camera will collect 15 terabytes of data on the southern sky each night

Activity on and around the Moon is expected to intensify in the coming years, leading Washington to call for the establishment of "Coordinated Lunar Time"