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A NASA probe got slammed by a massive eruption from the sun and caught it all on camera
The Parker Solar Probe flew right through a major coronal mass ejection last September and captured…
Rebecca Cohen
Mysterious flashes of light on Venus aren't what scientists thought, according to a new study. And it could mean safer missions to the planet in the future.
Flashing light on Venus was thought to be lightning for years, but scientists couldn't prove it. A …
Sonam Sheth
200 monster hunters armed with drones join the biggest search in 50 years for Scotland's fabled Loch Ness creature
Two hundred volunteers have joined the hi-tech search of a deep lake in the Scottish Highlands for …
Rebecca Rommen
A once-in-century solar storm could fry power grids and knock out satellites. Here's why scientists worry it could happen soon.
Powerful solar storms that can knock out power grids are extremely rare. But these are more likely …
Marianne Guenot
An audio simulation of the gentle twinkling of a star sounds much more menacing than you think
Northwestern University researchers simulated what twinkling stars could sound like to help study t…
Hannah Getahun
A strange signal from deep space has been detected every 22 minutes for more than 30 years. Scientists have no idea what is causing it.
The signal is thought to come from a dying star emitting energy from its poles. But it's spinning t…
Marianne Guenot
Inside the fight between my small Iowa hometown and a $12 billion utility over smart meters and the radiation that some residents call 'poison'
Fairfield is not like other Iowa towns. It's home to thousands of meditators, and many of them are …
Benji Jones
3 reasons why the Titanic will never be raised
The Titanic can't be raised for several reasons: It'd be too costly, the wreckage is deteriorating,…
Jenny McGrath
Why Hamas' unprecedented wave of attacks is a humiliation for Israel's legendary spy networks, say security analysts
Israeli officials told the BBC that a major investigation is being launched as to how Israeli intel…
Alia Shoaib
A powerful 'X-class' solar flare just hit Earth. Forecasters are bracing for more sun activity in the coming days.
A series of solar flares adds to a recent explosion of activity on the sun. It's a preview of solar…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Giant 'holes' dozens of times the size of our planet are appearing on the sun. Here's how they could affect Earth.
Two huge coronal holes have appeared on the sun this month, spewing 1.8 million mph solar winds tow…
Marianne Guenot
NASA is developing plans to build an enormous, Arecibo-like telescope inside a crater on the moon
NASA researchers are plotting out how robots could build a radio telescope inside a moon crater. It…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Best FM radio player in India 2023
While the world is moving onto new things every day, some things are still enjoyed the traditional …
5 times scientists thought they may have discovered aliens
UFOs aren't screaming "aliens" to scientists. Close calls in the hunt for extraterrestrials include…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
The hardest part of discovering alien life may be announcing it. Here's how NASA might break the news.
Mystery flying objects, UFOs or "UAPs," probably aren't aliens. But if extraterrestrial life is rea…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
An experiment that reaches across our galaxy has detected the first signs of a possible 'sea' of ripples in space-time
Supermassive black holes merging in distant galaxies could be creating a background hum of gravitat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Fast radio bursts were once thought to be alien broadcasts. New research suggests the mysterious signals come from dead stars.
Magnetars are the super dense remains of dead stars. Their explosions of X-rays and gamma rays some…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
NASA's InSight lander sent this final photo before dying after 4 years studying Mars quakes, dust devils, and meteor impacts
InSight revealed Mars's interior to scientists for the first time by capturing more than 1,300 Mars…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
The Arecibo telescope's 900-ton platform has crashed into its disk below and destroyed the iconic radio observatory
One of Earth's key radio telescopes fell in on itself, dealing a major blow to astronomers' searche…
Aylin Woodward,Dave Mosher,Mo…
China now holds the world's last giant, single-dish telescope after the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope collapsed
China's FAST single-dish, giant telescope is the last remaining in the world. It is also the larges…