The headlines sound thrilling. One might say they bait a click. “ANONYMOUS SAYS NASA HAS EVIDENCE OF ALIEN LIFE. DOES IT?” — Newsweek. “The world's biggest hacking group thinks NASA is about to announce alien life.” — the Independent.

Over 2 million pairs of free eclipse glasses will be distributed by libraries and library organizations across the U.S. for the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images. Public libraries across the United States will ...

The plane of our solar system is warped in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt, suggesting the presence of an unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planetary object far beyond Pluto—but much closer than Planet Nine. An unknown, unseen “planetary mass object” ...

By the end of the century, coastal cities could end up a lot closer to the coast than they started out — global sea levels rose at a 50 percent faster pace in 2014 than in 1993, according to a new study by a multinational team of researchers released ...

Some might argue that Australia's beloved Great Barrier Reef is a priceless natural wonder, but economists have just placed a number on its monetary value. Accounting for factors like the reef's contribution to tourism and fishing and even the amount ...

Orion is the Beyonce of constellations. Pretty much everyone has heard of it and seen it (you can even see it in New York despite the light pollution). It's hard not to like it. And if you spend some time studying its behavior and meaning, you'll only ...

SpaceX launched the second installment of Iridium's next-generation global satellite network Sunday at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Gene Blevins, for Los Angeles Daily News-SCNG. VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE >> Hundreds of rocket fans gathered ...

Scientists believe a 40-million-ton asteroid set to fly close to Earth in 12 years may end up colliding with our planet on a future pass. The Apophis asteroid will pass within 18,600 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029, which is ridiculously close by ...

There was good news and bad news for the world's coral reefs last week. The good news, announced 19 June, is that the global coral bleaching event that started in 2015 appears to be over, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — This August, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What ...