Editor’s note: The sky events are taking place on Saturday. The article has been corrected. The sky is off to a great start for 2026 as Saturday holds four sky events for stargazers in the D.C. area, ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs is not giving up on his fight for freedom. Lawyers for the convicted hip hop mogul asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday for his immediate release. They also asked the court to ...

Many astronomical sights have received cool nicknames, but it’s hard to compete with the “cosmic fire of creation.” Better known as the Orion Nebula (and officially dubbed Messier 42), the nebula is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Astronauts return to the moon for the first time in 50 years — though not on its surface — alongside robotic ...

Voyager 1 is about to cross a mind-bending milestone: by late 2026, a simple radio “hello” will take a full day to reach it. In this video, we track the probe’s journey from its 1977 launch to beyond ...

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Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that ...

For decades, black holes have stood as the most enigmatic objects in the universe, defying our understanding of space, time, and matter. Yet, some physicists propose an even more mind-bending idea: ...