Milky Way's Heart Shines Like a Diamond in Record-Breaking New Photos

NASA's Roman Space Telescope set to unlock the universe's biggest mysteries

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prepares to launch, targeting the origins of first black holes and the discovery of exoplanets.

Faint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding

Astronomers have captured an image of the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth, hidden for over a decade around a young star.

Seals have a unique superpower in their ears, and we finally know how it evolved

Researchers have uncovered the evolutionary secret behind how seals maintain high-functioning hearing both on land and underwater.

NASA’s New Horizons travelled 3 billion miles over 9 years to reach Pluto

A new paper argues that Earth's gravity is a hidden anchor for consciousness — and that losing it in orbit loosens the mind in a way that echoes psychedelics

Astronomers uncover the earliest known signs of galaxy-building in action