Elisha Sauers

Scientists have discovered small, potentially habitable areas on Mars where life could, in theory, transform sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen, according to a new NASA study.

The legendary Hubble Space Telescope snapped new images.

New images from NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope demonstrate how a withered star remnant is only mostly dead — that is until a bloated nearby star reanimates it, a la Frankenstein

The red giant star will explode, but it's unknown when.

A brilliant red star beaming through our night sky is Betelgeuse , an aging supergiant on the shoulder of the Orion constellation.

Particles blasting from a supermassive black hole jet appear to be traveling at nearly the speed of light — much faster than scientists had previously clocked them, according to new research.

Things are about to get messy for these galaxies. Two spiral galaxies are on the precipice of a messy scuffle — a type of merger known as "galactic cannibalism," with the larger galaxy stripping stars off the smaller one.

Did the film "Contact" get it right?

This interstellar traveler is a survivor.

At 15.4 billion miles away from Earth in interstellar space Voyager 1 won't last much longer.