A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a comet-chasing spacecraft named after the Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering ...

Stellar Stories Hera spacecraft launched The European Space Agency's Hxera spacecraft launched on October 7, initiating an ...

Two meteor showers, both streams of debris from the same massive object that broke apart 20,000 years ago, are happening at ...

Set your calendars on Nov. 18 (probably) for the Leonids meteor shower in the peak morning. You don't need a telescope to ...

You don’t need a telescope or binoculars to see the Leonids. To ensure good viewing conditions, you should go to the darkest ...

A turntable stage sets brings together George Lewis’ newly composed 'The Comet' and Monteverdi’s 'Coronation of Poppea' from ...

Celebrities can do harm when they endorse pseudoscience. Seeing a beloved public figure endorse myths magnifies their harm.

The centuries-old Skipinnish Oak named after a Scottish ceilidh band has won this year’s Tree of the Year contest, the Woodland Trust has announced.

The 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool’s gold. The new species has been called Lomankus edgecombei, and is distantly related to ...