Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, ...
NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ...
Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread ...
Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It was installed on board a 6,200-ton (6.3 million kg) warship.
An excavation at the City of David in Jerusalem unearthed a 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with a seven-branched menorah ...
For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun's outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished ...
Pumas in Patagonia, Argentina are eating penguins in a national park — and it's changing how the big cats are interacting ...
Decades ago, a spacecraft suggested Saturn's largest moon, Titan, had an ocean. New observations suggest that the liquid may ...
A new study reveals the likely origin of a mysterious spider-like pattern first spotted on Jupiter's moon Europa in 1998. The ...
The human eye can only detect wavelengths in the visible light range, but a new imaging system will let us "see" infrared ...
The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...