This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the ...

US military officials believe Russia and China are aggressively testing new offensive space capabilities, pointing to a ...

Last year, CNN reported on Russia’s effort to develop a space-based nuclear weapon that would use a massive energy wave, known as an ... protect and defend in outer space. Stories about playing ...

These outflows can extend for light-years, creating shock waves as they travel through space. The material within these outflows heats to higher temperatures and subsequently cools, emitting ...

This small planetary nebula, like others like it, was formed by gases in the outer layers of a dying star. The nebula we see today is a shell of dust and gas that was ejected from a star as it ...

Certain species of ground squirrels hibernate underground without any food or water for up to eight months of the year. It’s ...

People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has ...

Astronomers have found shock waves in outer space near pulsars and magnetars, in the hot disks of matter surrounding black holes, and other similar energetic objects. When a sufficiently massive ...

George Lowe, best known as the voice of Space Ghost on Adult Swim's cult-favorite show 'Space Ghost Coast to Coast,' died ...

The filmmaker walks IndieWire through the deliberate logic of his dreamy film, and why talking about its ending might not be ...

Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore what sound and light waves tell us about space. Can you make outer space in your kitchen? Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore outer space and comets. How do ...