The world's first cyborg artist can “hear” colors. Neil Harbisson was born with the inability to see colors. Using the sensor ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has looked back into deep time to find “rubies” or “little red dots” stretched across the ...

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed NGC 6537, the Red Spider Nebula in unprecedented detail, ...

From flying debris to chemical splashes, radiation, and glare—industrial workers face daily risks to their eyes.

For decades, scientists have wondered how the Sun’s outer atmosphere — the corona — burns millions of degrees hotter than its ...

So no, Gotham isn’t calling. But if you look up at the night sky and think you see Batman’s signal, you’re not wrong. It’s ...

Two rare bright comets are visiting our neighborhood this month, making for once-in-a-lifetime viewing. The comets, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), are already showing off their green tails ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

For millions of years, a frozen traveler drifted in silence through the stars, carrying secrets from another world. This summer, that interstellar visitor—now known as 3I/ATLAS—passed through our ...