Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.

The scientists said the presumed area where the fragments had landed is hard to access, because of bogs, lakes and forests around ...

Learn more about the Society of Physics Students with SPS Director and AIP Student Engagement Officer Alejandro de la Puente ...

Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled ...

When the rings are close to edgewise, they appear less bright, presenting a fine opportunity to observe Saturn’s moons. The brightest, Titan, has a 16-day orbit, and appears farthest east of the ...

Two new papers delve into mysterious lights and objects that were observed in the sky years before the first satellite ...

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

"The implication of alien technology would be huge and therefore we must take it seriously,” Harvard's Avi Loeb told Newsweek ...

Data show that unidentified lights in archival astronomy images were 68% more likely to be imaged 24 hours after a nuclear ...

What will happen to U.S. healthcare if the federal government shuts down next week? That question is on the minds of patients, providers, and health policy experts as the clock ticks down to Sept. 30, ...

Celebrations of Day of the Dead headline the events calendar in Guadalajara, but there's plenty more to do there and on the ...