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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star, some 15,000 light-years away, using its instruments to peer through surrounding dust.

The probability that a newly-discovered asteroid will hit Earth on Valentine's Day in 2046 has dropped. The chance the asteroid hits the planet was already unlikely.

Pentagon officials said in a draft document co-authored by a Harvard scientist, that a mothership could send mini probes to planets similar to missions conducted by NASA.

A massive macroalgae bloom may be heading toward Florida's Gulf Coast. The sargassum, which provides a habitat for migratory organisms, can negatively impact coastal life.

A team of researchers has revived ancient amoeba that has been laying dormant in permafrost for tens of thousands of years but is capable of infecting amoeba cells.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured a stunning image of a Martian sunset last month. The helicopter landed on the Red Planet's Jezero Crater in February 2021.

The International Space Station fired its engines for more than six minutes to maneuver out of the path of an Earth observation satellite early Monday, according to NASA.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday that the likelihood of eruption for the Tanaga volcano has increased over the past two days after a swarm of earthquakes.

NASA's Curiosity on Mars sent back images of sun rays for the first time as the rover begins a study on clouds and their composition high up in the atmosphere.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level for Tanaga Volcano following a swarm of earthquakes on Tuesday. The remote volcano has not erupted since 1914.

An asteroid with a diameter of about 161 feet has a "very small chance" of striking Earth on Feb. 14, 2046, NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office said.

The worm moon, the final moon of astronomical winter, was captured in beautiful photographs on Tuesday from cities around the world. The moon would appear full through Wednesday.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) destroyed its $1.47 billion H3 rocket after a Tuesday launch due to an ignition failure in its second stage.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image that shows the same galaxy three times due to gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster that is 3.2 billion light-years from Earth.

Scientists have discovered new clues about the supernova remnant called Tycho. The researchers used NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer to look at polarized X-rays.

The inscription on a Persian pottery shard bearing the name of Darius the Great was declared fake. An expert revealed that she altered the artifact at an Israeli site.

A faulty part procured from Ukraine likely caused the failure of a rocket launch that was supposed to take two Earth observation satellites into orbit.

The Washington, D.C., cherry blossoms are forecast to peak later this month. The trees were a gift from Japan in 1912, and more have been planted since then.

Beaches across parts of southwest Florida are dealing with hundreds of dead fish and eels which were washed ashore amid reports of a red tide.

A piece of the SS Savannah — which broke apart more than 200 years ago — was likely found on a New York shoreline following the impact of Tropical Storm Ian last fall.