Miriam Kramer

A new image from a powerful telescope in Chile reveals massive amounts of dust created in the remnants of an exploded star for the first time.

A NASA team created maps of the damage inflicted on the Philippians by Super Typhoon Haiyan to bolster relief efforts.

The sun's polarity is getting closer to flipping. The star's northern hemisphere's polarity has already reversed, and the southern hemisphere should follow suit soon, scientists say.

A new experiment buried deep underground has just proven itself to be the most sensitive dark-matter detector ever built.

Possible future asteroid miner and CEO of the X Prize Foundation Peter Diamandis now has a different kind of prize.

The largest star ever discovered may give scientists a better sense of how massive, dying stars seed the universe with the ingredients for rocky planets and even life.

An extremely powerful radio telescope in Chile peered deeply into the universe and captured an incredible sight: an ancient black hole chowing down on a massive snack.

The astronauts caught sight of an eerie view outside of the International Space Station last week.

A handful of possible worlds discovered by an alien planet hunting spacecraft are skimming the surfaces of their host stars, new research shows.

A tiny, mysterious moon orbiting Neptune has been spotted for the first time in more than 20 years.

Finding life on alien planets might be harder than scientists originally expected. The search for habitable and inhabited exoplanets is focused on M dwarf stars.

A probe in orbit around Mars spotted Comet ISON — a possible "comet of the century" — as it flew past the Red Planet on its way to give the sun a close shave in November.

NASA needs ideas for its next Mars rover, but the government shutdown might delay their arrival.