Trillions of insects move around the globe each year. Scientists are working on new ways to map those long-distance journeys.

Scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from.

Why some neighborhoods get all the shade, and how can we make sure that changes.

The recent discovery of a large cave on the Moon highlights the importance of caves not just for future space explorers but astrobiology as well.

In 1958, Soviet astrophysicist Nikolai A. Kozyrev claimed there was an active volcano on the Moon. Dutch American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper begged to differ.

Meteorites that come from Mars help scientists understand the red planet’s interior.

Research suggests it was more sudden than that.

Rapid growth also helped other ancient reptiles flourish in the aftermath of mass extinction.

This research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells in the liquid water ocean hidden beneath Enceladus’s icy crust.

IceCube scientists have detected high-energy tau neutrinos from deep space, suggesting that neutrino transformations occur not only in lab experiments but also over cosmic distances.