In Syfy network’s new miniseries "Childhood’s End," based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke, an alien race turns Earth … More

The Geminid meteor shower will peak on Sunday (Dec. 13) and Monday (Dec. 14). The online Slooh Community Observatory will … More

One year to the day after lifting off, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 paid its home planet a quick visit … More

After a week of slowly ramping up, the annual Geminid meteor shower kicks into high gear, reaching its peak in … More

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Jupiter’s Big Red Spot is the largest example of a long-lived storm in the solar system, but now it has … More

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Yes, it’s that time of year again when everyone struggles with what gifts to buy their family and friends for … More

"It is quite surprising that gravity can play any role in quantum mechanics", says Igor Pikovski, a theoretical physicist working … More

Plummeting to Earth during a fiery atmospheric reentry within the cramped confirms of their Russian Soyuz capsule, an international trio … More