Previous claims of exomoon discoveries haven’t stood up well to replication, but perhaps a new method will have more success.

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

The Berenike monkeys, on the other hand, have been identified as rhesus macaques and bonnet macaques, as well as one grivet, ...

The puzzling electric charge on clouds of interstellar gas can be explained by the passage of two hot, bright stars close to ...

When you’re next at the movies, if there’s a particularly gnarly scene where a character gets hurt, take a quick glance at ...

“Soon after this sensation you will feel the speed build and the steady climb continue,” he said. “So when it feels like a ...

In the quest to understand why agriculture started in a particular place and time, understanding the climate is crucial.

A new study has reconstructed anacondas that lived in what’s now Venezuela 12 million years ago. The fossil vertebrae reveal ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn must have been particularly impressed by the November crop of new asteroids to have put the 18 ...