Changes in the behavior of an odd binary star suggest a third party could crash the affair, creating a stellar light show that should be visible from Earth within decades.
The mixture of moondust and carbon nanotubes could be used to make giant telescopes to more easily detect signs of life from distant Earthlike planets.
Watch spacewalking astronauts and robot arms remove a bus-size Japanese lab from the shuttle Discovery and attach the module to the International Space Station.
Mexico's iconic flatbreads have become a rallying cry for needy Mexicans angry at the country's biofuels and trade policies. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.
Spacewalkers and robot arms attached the "Lexus" of space labs to the International Space Station and prepared for new challanges, including balky plumbing.
A new view of our home galaxy shows what its structure would look like to distant observers, including the demotion of two of it swirling arms to minor status.
Almost a thousand times faster than a terrestrial tornado, these solar twisters last about ten minutes and occur near the sun's poles, new satellite data shows.
It's the smallest planet yet found orbiting a low-mass star outside our solar system, according to an astronomer who says the discovery may benefit the search for life.
High prices are making farming lucrative again. But in the U.S., there's not much productive land that hasn't already been pressed into service. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.
Proof of a relationship between spiral galaxies' arms and the size of their central black holes is among the latest cosmic findings revealed by new images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
