Representing a stellar alignment of epic proportions, celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and "Star Trek" legend ...

For the first time, an international research team has directly measured the effect of cosmic radiation in a cold molecular ...

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced plans to pause its New Shepard human spaceflights for at least two years to focus on ...

An internal document reveals Vietnam's military is preparing for a possible American war of aggression, viewing the U.S. as a "belligerent" power. The document, reported Tuesday, highlights ...

There’s an unspoken rule when flying that those who sit in the window seat control the shade. Yet one flyer who refused to ...

NASA has scheduled the launch for the Artemis II moon rocket for no earlier than Feb. 8. WTOP will have details on the ...

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in our galaxy, and it's just caught something extraordinary happening there.

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star ...

Early last year, there was talk that the newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a really small, but probable chance of ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...