The explosions of stars, known as supernovae, can be so bright they outshine their host galaxies.

Energy-starved microbes may be the force that causes huge amounts of carbon to be stored in deep soils, according to a new study.

Water trapped in dust grains from which the Earth formed can explain the current large amount of water on Earth.

Machine learning algorithms applied to Listen data from the Green Bank Telescope find new pulses from the mysterious repeating source FRB 121102. Machine learning algorithm also helping Listen search for new kinds of candidate signals from extraterrestrial intelligence.

Scientists studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system.

Revealing Solar System Time Capsules, Breaking Engineering Barriers

A study of a songbird and a bacterium that infects it has revealed how species in conflict evolve in response to each other.

Astronomers using ALMA, with the aid of a gravitational lens, have detected the most-distant galactic "wind" of molecules ever observed, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.

The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University of Central Florida.

Unique patterns, visible from backyard telescopes, may be produced by strongly magnetized lava.