New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

A new study shows that, not only did the agency’s 2022 DART mission shift the orbit of the moonlet Dimorphos, it also changed the path of its parent asteroid around the sun.

New research suggests our Sun was part of a huge migration of Sun-like stars that moved away from the Milky Way’s center billions of years ago.

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have conducted the most detailed simulation of the interior of stars and disproved a theory scientists have believed for 45 years: that stars switch their ...

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years outward to the peaceful galactic suburbs it currently occupies. Now a pair ...

The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago.

The president's eldest granddaughter Kai Trump posted a video with her Secret Service from Erewhon in CA. Who is she, and why is it controversial?

While the U.S. and Israel keep lobbing attacks on Iran in a conflict that Iranian officials say has killed more than a thousand people, displaced hundreds of th ...

In February 2026, Opendoor Technologies reported Q4 2025 results showing revenue above expectations and a sharp jump in home acquisition activity under its “Opendoor 2.0” program. The update ...

Some people now have an A.I. bestie. Some have a husband. Some have three. Adrianne Brookins is, by her own account, an “old ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. What is below Earth, since space is present in ...

Donald Trump has issued a chilling threat to Iran as tensions between Washington and Tehran explode.