It's the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without ...

The discovery that amino acids can form in more ways than we thought is another boost to the search for life beyond Earth. If ...

For a mere moment after the Big Bang, no neutrons or protons are thought to have existed. These neutral and positively charged particles, respectively, make up the center of all atoms today. But ...

Author talk takes place Feb. 11 As Winter Words winds down, it delves into the deep waters of Tara Roberts’ “Written in the Waters: A Memor of History, Home and Belonging” at 6 p.m.

Woven through the universe are forces, often unseen, that dictate its grand design. For example, at the very heart of nearly every galaxy, we find a supermassive black hole. This isn't just some ...

So cosmologists feel confident in modelling the universe using the “maximally symmetric” description of space-time in Einstein’s theory of general relativity. This symmetric vision for the universe, ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest that even extremely massive gas giants — once thought ...

If the pulsar is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the space-time around the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole ...

When I sat down with Kevin J. Maroni, the new chair of the National Geographic Society’s board of trustees, I kept coming ...

I find myself caring less and less about what’s going on in the Marvel universe, but “Wonder Man” pulled me back in with ...

A newly described blue jellyfish in Japanese waters has stunned researchers with an otherworldly glow that looks less like a ...

The beloved event's Best in Show round is being held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Here's where to livestream it online ...