New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.

The James Webb telescope has spotted three gigantic "red monster" galaxies that were spawned soon after the Big Bang. They're ...

Glitzy Las Vegas is far from all the Silver State has to offer. From the paranormal to small towns serving Basque culture and ...

It’s not like kids aren’t paying attention anyway. “Kids are really attuned to what’s going on,” says Spears Brown, who co-authored a 2019 study about kids and politics. Sometimes their ...

according to a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The massive radio telescope’s collapse in December 2020 marked the end of a prolific source of ...

Exclusive: See a clip from the newest National Geographic documentary from Oscar-winning duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, alongside co-director Natalie Hewit, about two generations of ...

The December 2020 collapse of the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico came at the end of a 39-month sequence that began with Hurricane Maria in 2017, according to a new report from the National ...

NASA telescopes have captured two ghastly galaxies that look like a creepy pair of staring “blood-soaked” eyes floating in space. The spiral galaxies, which are located 114 million light-years ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from the galaxy's central disk as it travels speedily past its galactic neighbors. "The scenes ...

NASA is delaying making a final decision about potential cost cuts that will determine the fate of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and affect the Hubble Space Telescope's science program.

Melbourne’s 50-pound celebrity chick is molting, revealing adult feathers beneath his iconic brown fluff. Here’s what to expect as he waddles into adulthood. Pesto the king penguin was born in ...

As National Geographic reimagines its iconic headquarters for the 21st century, here’s a look back at its history as a base for both Cold War spies and the Society’s own Explorers. The ...