A first-of-its-kind space telescope could soon launch into orbit and potentially chart a new path forward for astronomy.

Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Congressional appropriators tossed aside the Trump administration’s requested cuts at NOAA, NIST, NSF and NASA in fiscal year ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they ...

Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports that have been deleted by the ...

Four LC-130 Skibirds are shuttling between Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station and other locations in Antarctica ...

Back in October, the U.S. Para Bobsled team spent time in Birmingham at the Lakeshore Foundation to condition and strength ...

Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed look yet at faraway galaxies at the peak of their youth, an active time when the adolescent galaxies were fervently producing new stars.

Massive endeavor including Hopkins researchers and students aims to understand the planet's most biodiverse habitats ...

What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most widely known medical ethics ...