Why read boring paper when you could listen to audio signals beamed into your brain via machine? Now THAT is sci-fi.

NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible changes that could help scientists better predict potentially dangerous ...

A team from the University of Tokyo, led by visiting researcher Gaku Nishiyama, realized that the instrument would be able to ...

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

World Asteroid Day is observed every year on June 30 to raise awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved a historic milestone by capturing the first direct image of an exoplanet.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...