In 2024, Chang'e 6 made history by bringing 1,935.3 grams of lunar far-side samples back to Earth. These samples were ...

Get ready for a triple sky-spectacle of meteors, comets and auroras on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, 2025. Here's how, when and where ...

NASA says the meteor shower is best viewed during the pre-dawn hours, but the sweet spot is between midnight and 2 a.m. Make ...

Skywatchers are in for an unforgettable experience this week, as October’s celestial events reach their peak with the Orionid ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the innermost planet. A cormorant crosses the face of the full moon in ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds.

The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet — will peak with the arrival of a new ...

The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, first built as the "eyes and ears" for NASA during the space race, has been ...

A new prehistoric species found just outside Montgomery, Alabama, was named after famous college football coach Nick Saban. Screengrab from the University of Alabama’s Facebook post Six national ...

In 2011 geologist Kerry Sieh and his husband were shopping in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, when they popped into a little jewelry shop to check out the country’s famous rubies and spinels. But once ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th director of Scripps and as vice chancellor for marine sciences at the ...