The first eclipse of the year is slated for this weekend. According to NASA, "blood moon" will be visible across the Americas, Europe and Africa – or anywhere the moon is visible above the horizon.
Emperor penguins are at risk of extinction, according to conservationists and researchers. Their disappearance could have a dramatic effect on the ecosystem there.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released two new sonifications of well-known black holes. Sonifications are translations of astronomical data into sound.
A satellite image released by NASA's Earth Observatory captured an aerial view of New Mexico's raging wildfires. The fires have been driven by windy and dry conditions, scorching grass, brush and tinder.
A pig virus may have contributed to the death of a man who was the first person to have received a heart transplant from a pig, though the evidence is inconclusive, researchers say.
Researchers in Texas have created an enzyme variant that can break down plastics that would typically take hundreds of years to dissolve in a matter of hours or days.
After more than two decades, scientists say they have finally mapped out the entire human genome, paving the way for deeper insights into evolution, cancer, and birth defects.