The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year's cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts ...

The third known interstellar comet to visit our solar system has just done something no one had seen before: it lit up in ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Two inexpensive commercial materials store solar energy as electrons and release hydrogen fuel on demand in darkness, requiring no external power and setting a new performance record.

NASA's SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, revealing hidden details about galaxies and the early ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

New digital meter socket adapters from Tesla and others make home solar, battery, and EV charging installs a snap. But only ...

The latest visitor from deep space is leaving a mark that stretches far beyond its icy core. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a visitor older than the Sun, has stunned scientists with a colossal, puzzling X-ray cloud larger than the Earth-Moon distance. Why does this alien object glow?

Gov. Bob Ferguson has approved a 1,300-acre solar farm in south-central Washington, calling the project a “win for our state.” “Building more clean energy will provide affordable, carbon-free ...

The Cold Moon, the 12th and final full moon of 2025, rose on Thursday (Dec. 4) but will still appear bright and full on Friday (Dec. 5) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...