A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

Artificial intelligence has just turned one of astronomy’s most familiar workhorses into a discovery engine all over again.

Right now, somewhere above our heads, missions are being planned that could redefine humanity's place in space. The decisions ...

Astronomers at Texas A&M University have discovered a rare, tightly packed collision of galaxies in the early universe, ...

Astronomers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), working with international collaborators, have made a striking discovery involving a previously unknown type of cosmic ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

Workers renovating the Historic Frank D. Yuengling Mansion in Pennsylvania were stunned to find a complete 100-year-old bathroom sealed behind walls since the 1980s ...

The disappearance of a teenage boy in Chicago sends investigators to the home of contractor John Wayne Gacy; a team of officers track his every move until a chance encounter leads to a horrifying ...

Spotted by the James Webb telescope, galaxy MoM-z14 formed just 280 million years after the Big Bang, appearing brighter and richer than theories expected, raising fresh questions about cosmic ...

Forty years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, the legacy of Concord teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe ...

By measuring the galaxy’s redshift, the scientists behind the discovery were able to confirm that its light has been ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how a new discovery could lead to unsinkable ships, the billions invested ...