A recent solar storm has increased the likelihood of seeing the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. Otago Museum astronomer ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Astronomers, led by Cambridge University, believe they have found signs of biological activity on exoplanet K2-18b, which is ...

Astronomers have just uncovered fascinating signs we may not be alone in the universe. RNZ talks with an astrophysicist about ...

The sun rises each day, but the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface is not as constant as we might think. A new study ...

Madhusudhan (University of Cambridge) This week's science news featured a possible sign of life in a galaxy far, far away.

The peer-reviewed report in the Astrophysical Journal Letters presents more questions than answers, acknowledges numerous ...

K2-18b, located 124 light-years from Earth, could be a Hycean world: a potentially habitable planet entirely covered in ...

Astronomers claim they have detected the most promising "hints" of potential for life on a planet beyond our solar system — but other scientists are sceptical. It follows vigorous debate in scientific ...

Neither bill would have prevented state regulators from green-lighting the mine that Alabama-based Twin Pines ... A push to open Georgia Power’s territory to competition from independent solar power ...

Leading energy experts have questioned key claims on power prices from both Labor and the Coalition as electricity bills shape up to be a major battleground this election.