Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

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Foster children shop for Halloween costumes at Caufield's ...

A waxing gibbous moon and the ringed planet Saturn will enlighten our sky for treat-or-treaters this Halloween.

On May 11, 2011, a 34-year-old mother was spending a quiet afternoon at home with her two children and a close friend. Within minutes, the peace was shattered when someone armed with a knife attacked ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system. Hydroxyl compounds ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state, meaning the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a surprising quantum effect inside an organic material, something once thought impossible outside metals. The team found that a special ...

On Wednesday morning, students at Willie Mae and Ecomet Burley Primary School had an out-of-this-world experience.

Videos show the moments first responders and Good Samaritans rescued a mother and her two children from drowning. The incident occurred on Sunday, Oct. 5, at the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey. While ...