Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, ...

Far from being solid bullets of rock, many asteroids are fragile clusters of debris that spin so quickly they flirt with self ...

"Mortal Kombat" changed the video game landscape, leading to a wave of imitators. Some of them were enjoyable in their own ...

A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The ...

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak overnight between Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, offering a brief but intense burst of meteors.

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major ...

January’s full moon, the wolf supermoon, earned its name because wolves are more likely to be howling during wintertime, a ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

We're in for a celestial treat to start the new year. This weekend will be the first full moon — and first supermoon — of ...

The 21st Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day is Jan. 24 on the campus of University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Come celebrate the ...

January’s full moon, known as the “Wolf Moon,” will be visible through Saturday as the first full moon of 2026.