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First detected accidentally by US military satellites in the late 1960s, cosmic explosions known as gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have come to be understood as the brightest explosions in the universe.

Iani smithi lived some 99 million years ago, researchers said, adding that its most striking feature was its powerful jaw.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully traveled through solar wind, gathering valuable insights into the sun's workings to prevent a potential "internet apocalypse"which could disrupt communication networks and power grids on Earth

Compounds from 1.6 billion years ago reveal a microbial transition that set the stage for much of today's life on Earth.

NASA's James Webb Telescope camera discovered a mystery in the form of a comet with water - but no carbon monoxide

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.

Using data collected by NASA's sun-touching Parker Solar Probe, scientists have tracked the "fast" solar wind back to showerhead-like funnels generated by coronal holes.

Parabolic flights produce reduced gravity by following a wild trajectory of steep climbs and nerve-racking dives. The experience is out of this world, but for this reporter it had its challenges.

Researchers suggest the organisms could have been the first predators on Earth.

An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023, according to an announcement from Mexico’s Consul General in New York. The monument features the head of a front-facing creature…

The Canadarm started as a boring robotic appendage. Now the future of space travel depends on it