An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just flew by the sun. Next, the object will fly by Earth in December.

The search for a famed polar exploration shipwreck led researchers to discover geometric patterns created by fish on the Antarctic seafloor.

A fresh analysis of a site in New Mexico provides a glimpse into the final days of the dinosaurs, showing their diversity before going extinct.

A recently observed object was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

The “Chicago rat hole” of viral internet fame wasn’t made by a rat at all, researchers say.

A newly discovered odd radio circle in space could serve as a time capsule for the violent events that shape galaxies.

The April 2024 total solar eclipse caused some birds to believe that a new day had arrived, prompting them to burst into song, a new study found.

Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

Whirling dust devils and winds on Mars can move at an unexpected 99 miles per hour. The dust they send into the atmosphere could affect future missions.

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record rate of 6.6 billion tons per second.

A team of archaeologists searching for Cleopatra’s tomb uncovered a sunken ancient port off the coast of Egypt, and they believe it may be linked to the iconic queen.

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission has launched to map it like never before.

Astronomers are trying to determine what caused a series of gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, to occur in a single day.

Two baby pterosaur fossils contain rare evidence of how they died 150 million years ago — and the specimens solve a larger mystery about a fossil deposit in Germany.

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been made by ancient life.

An Iberian harvester ant queen was observed reproducing two different species of male ant.