The Moon was larger and brighter Tuesday as the world witnessed the first of two supermoons in August. Photos of the astrological phenomenon quickly spread online.
NASA scientists announced Tuesday afternoon that the Deep Space Network of antennae had picked up a carrier signal from the Voyager 2 Spacecraft after days of silence.
NASA says astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a young planet around a red dwarf star 32 light-years from Earth getting the "hiccups."
Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed decades of earthquakes in central Utah and suspect that swarms are triggered by hot water, powered by geothermal activity.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has taken a dazzling new image of a pair of forming young stars in high-resolution near-infrared light located 1,470 light-years away.
Shark activity along a Massachusetts beach temporarily shut it down to swimming on Tuesday afternoon as multiple white sharks were detected off Cape Cod shores.
A California policy has taken effect this summer that recognizes the ecological benefits of beavers and encourages agencies to first seek nonviolent solutions before killing them.
Scientists have not ruled out an extraterrestrial spacecraft to explain recent geographical anomalies discovered on Mars, according to a recently published research paper.
NASA says the Hubble Space Telescope has found nearly 40 boulders that were potentially shaken off the asteroid Dimorphos following its DART test last year.
One of the biggest meteor showers of the year is back through the end of next month. The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak in mid-August, when the moon will be just 10% full.
A fossil found in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaurs, according to new research from Canadian and Chinese scientists published Tuesday.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory said that the Shishaldin Volcano eruption in Alaska that started last week has declined, but also produced a significant ash plume.
NASA says that next month will feature two supermoons, including a blue moon. The sturgeon moon will peak on Aug. 1, and the blue sturgeon moon on Aug. 30.
Authorities in southern California are warning swimmers to take caution after three juvenile great white sharks were spotted on Friday afternoon by Blacks Beach.
North Carolina health officials have recommended limits on eating certain freshwater fish from the Cape Fear River. "Forever chemicals" were found in all species that were tested.
Maryland paleontologists and volunteers discovered the largest theropod fossil in Eastern North America, leading to the discovery of a bone bed of fossils in a geologic layer.
NASA released a stunning new image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex on Wednesday to mark the first year of the James Webb Space Telescope's scientific operations.
A team of researchers has used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover the most distant active supermassive black hole seen to date, as well as other finds.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a dazzling image of the result of a cosmic collision located approximately 120 million light-years away from Earth.