Astronomers have made a series of landmark observations of one of the universe's most violent events. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) radio telescope, which is ...

Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces on Earth. They can release unimaginable amounts of energy, sending rivers of ...

NASA is planning to light a fire on the moon to better understand how combustion works in low-gravity environments.

New measurements suggest that two of the Milky Way's spiral arms are around 10% farther away from Earth than we thought. The ...

Science vessels were first responders to unknown dangers, making them far more expendable than larger cruisers.

Does anywhere in the country better represent this era of the American experiment than a self-governing tech-company town ...

A strange "chirping" signal from a distant supernova has revealed the birth of a magnetar, confirming that these incredibly magnetic neutron stars can power the universe's brightest stellar explosions ...

Recently, two of the powerful men on the planet where space policy is concerned had an exchange on the social media platform ...

There have been fireworks aplenty to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, but have you ever wondered where fireworks came ...

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250 t h birthday of the United States—and the show even ...

Fireworks displays on Independence Day are created by the combination of different metal salts, which emit light at unique ...