Brandon Specktor

A rare Byzantine gold coin may depict the ancient supernova SN 1054 in clear defiance of the church.

Scientists cataloging tree frogs in New Guinea stumbled across a never-before-seen 'chocolate frog' with brown skin and adorable eyes.

A pair of killer whales has been terrorizing great white sharks near Capetown, slaughtering at least eight sharks over five years and eating their livers, scientists say.

On Aug. 28, an enormous fireball lit up the skies over the northeastern United States for several seconds, exciting hundreds of stargazers.

Scientists have recreated the face of a Denisovan woman — an ancient human who went extinct tens of thousands of years ago — using a groundbreaking DNA analysis.

NASA aborted the 4th consecutive rehearsal launch of its powerful SLS rocket on Monday, citing a hydrogen leak.

NASA announced that its Artemis-1 mission could launch as soon as Aug. 29, flying the most powerful rocket ever built around the moon and back.

Scientists are watching as a planet-size sunspot has grown tenfold in the last two days and could launch solar flares directly toward Earth.

A grisly photo of a dead fly blooming with mind-controlling fungus has won top prize in the second annual BMC Ecology and Evolution Image Competition

The 'Indiana Jones of the art world' helped find a pair of 'priceless' stolen sculptures in a British aristocrat's soggy, dirty garden.

The Sturgeon Moon, the fourth and final supermoon of 2022, rises on Aug. 11th.

Scientists detected the most powerful gigantic jet lightning bolt — a lightning bolt that shoots up out of a cloud into the ionosphere — ever.

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks this year on Aug. 11 and 12. Here’s how to watch it, and where it comes from.

There is a beautiful mystery in the sky, and its name is Steve.

Astronomers report a strange new feature of the aurora-like STEVE, which they are calling 'streaks.'

A surprise solar storm bashed Earth on Aug. 7 and 8, triggering an appearance of the mysterious glowing phenomenon called STEVE.

An unexploded WWII-era bomb was discovered in Italy's River Po as extreme drought lowers water levels across Europe.

NASA astronomers discovered that a large asteroid will zoom past Earth on Aug. 4, missing our planet by millions of miles.

A massive sinkhole measuring more than 100 feet across has opened on mining land in Chile, according to the government's geology mining service.

The universe's most massive objects are crashing into each other, and they're leaving a rain of gold and platinum behind them.

Two asteroids, 2016 CZ31 and 2013 CU83, are headed toward Earth for back-to-back flybys this weekend.

Miners in Angola have uncovered the largest pink diamond found in more than 300 years, nicknamed the Lulo Rose.

A 54-page document co-written with engineer Michele Besso sold for a record-breaking $13 million at auction on Tuesday, Nov 23.

Polar bears are flocking to open landfills in the Arctic as climate change diminishes sea ice, a new study suggests.

Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station and focus on building its own orbiting outpost as soon as 2025, Roscosmos told Putin.