Astronauts on the International Space Station see remarkable views of Earth every day, but one phenomenon never fails to awe them: the aurora.

The most energetic light and particles in the Universe represent an enduring mystery: we don't know where they come from.

National Space Strategy aims to support space industry and build collaborations with other countries

The first scientific analysis of images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover has now confirmed that Mars' Jezero crater—which today is a dry, wind-eroded depression—was once a quiet lake, fed steadily ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have found a way to make deep brain stimulation (DBS) more precise, resulting in therapeutic effects that outlast what is currently available. The work, led ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will launch in October 2021 on a 12-year journey to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. The Lucy mission will include three Earth gravity assists and visits to eight asteroids.

The remnants of DNA may lurk in 125 million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in China. If the microscopic structures are indeed DNA, they would be the oldest recorded preservation of chromosome material in a vertebrate fossil. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the widespread use of a malaria vaccine among children in Africa and other areas of high malaria transmission – a breakthrough in the long fight against the deadly disease. 

There's a system of swampy red mangroves, deep in the rainforests of the Yucatan peninsula, that's a long, long way from home.

The new image, which combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Victor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, captures an ongoing cosmic collision between two spiral galaxies in the Arp 91 system.

As a celestial body, hanging on to your atmosphere isn't always easy – just ask Mars – and a new study suggests that the gases surrounding Pluto are now vanishing, turning back into ice as the dwarf planet drifts further away from the Sun.

For all our current proficiency at studying the cosmos, there are some basic things that are still extremely difficult to do.

A Russian actress and director arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to begin a 12-day mission to make the first movie in orbit.

Depression can be a frighteningly relentless condition. Luckily, researchers around the world are constantly working on new treatment options, such as a newly designed brain implant for resistant depression.

Many of us come away from conversations with strangers feeling that the interaction has been awkward and unwanted on both sides. But what if we're wrong? A new study suggests that wanting to chat in depth with new people is actually a common feelin

Our Solar System, with just one star in the sky, may be a bit of an oddball. Most of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy actually have at least one gravitationally bound stellar companion, meaning that two-starred worlds like Tatooine are probably no

A University of Otago researcher has discovered a brain signal that will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders.

As winter looms and hospitals across the US continue to be deluged with severe cases of COVID-19, flu season presents a particularly ominous threat this year.