The Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) is one of the most unique galaxies captured by NASA’s telescopes. It gets its name from its shape, which resembles a broad-rimmed Mexican hat when viewed from Earth.

This Easter, The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands welcomes award-winning astronomer Tom Kerss as part of its 2026 Masters of Crafts program. Taking a break from hunting auroras across the northern ...

Coasters from organizations interested in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) gathered at 101 Brewhouse in Gibsons last week for an inaugural workshop examining how to widen the reach ...

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created ...

A seemingly regular, Sun-like star began acting really weird, flickering haphazardly as its light faded in and out. The cause of the star’s strange behavior may have been a cosmic catastrophe that’s ...

As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, with one of its worst ...

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

Astronomers have captured a rare, real-time view of a planetary cataclysm 11,000 light-years away. While monitoring a stable, sun-like star called Gaia20ehk, deep in the constellation Puppis, ...

New research suggests that the highly magnetized remnants of stars are responsible for powering some of the universe’s most brilliant supernova explosions ...

Australia nestles at the southern end of the longest chain of islands on the planet. This archipelago of more than 50,000 islands stretches for more than 7000km along the eastern coastline of the ...