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August features two supermoons this year, including a blue moon.  NASA says that the full sturgeon moon rises in the east just 30 minutes after sunset on the first day…

Astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to identify a string of 10 galaxies appearing to be connected by a thread, which they say existed 830 million years after…

New images shared from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission show Mars in stunning ultraviolet wavelengths. The MAVEN spacecraft used its imaging ultraviolet spectrograph instrument to capture the…

The first asteroid belt ever seen outside the solar system is more complex than expected, astronomers found, using observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Looking at the warm dust…

A tropical cyclone is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit Australia in eight years, bringing extraordinary wind speeds that could take some Western Australia residents by surprise. …

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft lifts off on Thursday, entering a new phase in the search for extraterrestrial life. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launches aboard the Ariane 5…

A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The eruption of Shiveluch, one of the area's most active volcanoes, sent clouds of dust more than 65,000 feet…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has accidentally captured images of a "runaway" black hole barreling through space, leaving behind a contrail of newborn stars.  The black hole, weighing as much as…

A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a supernova remnant created by a massive exploding star.  The mid-infrared image shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A which was…

Life on our planet faced a stern test during the Cryogenian Period that lasted from 720 million to 635 million years ago when Earth twice was frozen over with runaway…