A new dark energy model suggests the universe may eventually stop expanding and collapse in a giant Big Crunch.

Earth is flying through the radioactive ashes of an ancient exploded star, and Antarctic ice preserved the evidence.

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Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that dinosaur fossils may still contain traces of their original proteins, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped the "cosmic web" of galaxies, the largest structure in the ...

Scientists discovered that some of Earth’s supposed earliest animal fossils were actually giant ancient microbes.

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Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant ...

"The origins and acceleration mechanisms of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays have been among the biggest mysteries in the field ...

A new set of cosmological studies is raising questions about one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics: the idea that ...

When you think of outer space, you're likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust—known as interstellar clouds.