Astronomy - Sciencing

There are sensors around the world deep underground looking for a trace of dark matter. One sensor got a hit, but we still don't know what it is.
Back in 2018, a global array of telescopes spotted something extraordinary in the night sky, and scientists are still trying to explain it today.
Space is a dangerous place, not least because there's nowhere to go, that's why even disastrous experiments can sometimes be viewed as a success.
The James Webb Space Telescope allows astronomers to see into the far reaches of the universe, but it's also provided some of the most stunning views of space.
Sometimes you do a thing just to see what happens afterwards, such is the case of NASA's DART mission which launched a spacecraft into an asteroid.
Space travel has been shown to have strange long-term effects on the human body, but more mundane, physical stressors can also cause damage in their own way.
Nowadays, we know how eclipses work, but in the past, they were rather mysterious events that became associated with some especially bad omens.
When undertaking human spaceflight, safety is the most important issue, which is why you generally want to avoid getting struck by lightning.
Saturn has hundreds of moons, but when we sent a probe there in the 1990s, only one of them was worthy to have a lander sent to its surface.
The beloved monarch of Norway, King Harald V, has passed away, but his passing occurred suspiciously close to the peak of a partial lunar eclipse.
Space is known to have physical effects on the human body, but even simulated space travel was found to have a notable effect on astronauts' guts.
The universe is full of non-intuitive natural phenomena that we've been able to see or detect, but some theories still defy easy explanation.
The Cold War saw many attempts at strange experiments, including this controversial plan to use space-bound needles to help facilitate Earthly communications.
Space has odd effects on the human body, but it also happens to affect bacteria, too. And, as NASA discovered, those changes aren't exactly promising.
The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl unintentionally created a very unique ecosystem -- one which made fungi just as well suited for space as they are for Earth.
The full moon has been an object of fascination for all of human history, and August's full moon is no exception. Here's what you need to know about it.
Though sound and space don't usually mix, an astronaut did find himself surprised when he couldn't make this common sound while in his space suit.
Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' gave the world an exciting look at the cutting edge of cosmology, but how accurate was its science really?
Scientists have assumed that the sun would swallow the earth whole near the end of its life, but a closer look at the physics seems to imply otherwise.
In 1910, Earth passed so close to Halley's Comet that people feared the two would collide. They clearly never did, and humanity avoided potential catastrophe.
Older astronauts have been setting records of late, but space itself can also cause accelerated aging in ways that scientists are hoping to better understand.
There's plenty of interest surrounding human colonies on Mars, and "The Martian" is a rather accurate representation of how life on Mars could look.
Black holes and wormholes may seem interchangeable, but they actually are very different objects. In fact, one of them only really exists in theory.
When it comes to the geology of Mars, scientists think they understand what's going on, that's why the presence of this mineral was such a surprise.
This dark energy project was meant to map just a portion of the skies over a five-year period, but it performed even better and faster than expected.
"Project Hail Mary" really pushes the limit when it comes to non-humanoid aliens. But researchers posit that real aliens could be even stranger than that.
We have been systematically searching for life in the cosmos for decades, and even though Mars and Europa are prime candidates, there are others.