Formed millions to billions of years ago, diamonds can shine light into the darkest and oldest parts of the Earth's mantle ... record these ancient cycles of creation and destruction.

While the series of events that generated GRB 221009A (supernova explosion or creation of a ... galaxy (which is 100,000 light-years wide) could cause damage to the Earth’s ozone layer.

The merger was first discovered by French astronomer Stephane Javelle on February 24, 1896. It is situated around 682 million light-years from Earth in Cancer. Officials have labelled it  IC 2431, and ...

Researchers believe an ancient space rock uncovered three years ago can shed more light on our understanding ... of the oldest meteorites that fall to Earth. The team of scientists who wrote ...

Fossil discoveries in Inner Mongolia have unveiled two rare specimens of an extinct genus of giant spiders, shedding light on ...

In this stunning animation, NASA lets the viewer wander through the trunks of the 'Pillars of Creation' in a nebula 6,500 light years from Earth. This is the most detailed and comprehensive video ...

It is home to the iconic Pillars of Creation ... paper (so considering that it takes the light coming from the nebula about 5,700 years to reach Earth, meaning that what we see is 5,700 years ...

The Eagle Nebula is situated 6500 light-years from Earth; for context ... As the Biblical-sounding name suggests, the Pillars of Creation has been regularly used to evoke a sense of wonder ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super-Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of extraterrestrial beings, per a cosmic study published in the ...

One day, these glints could be used to detect ice crystals and other atmospheric phenomenon on alien worlds hundreds of light-years from Earth. For now, though, scientists are going to keep using ...