Thud of Philae landing on comet

Take 2 seconds to listen to a sound made 311 million miles away.

Is this exotic object an ejected black hole or a huge star?

Is SDSS1133 a supermassive black hole ejected from its home galaxy, or the remains of a massive star that exploded as a supernova? Astronomers aren't sure.

Subaru Telescope detects sudden appearance of 7 galaxies in early universe

Japanese astronomers probing deeply back into our universe's early history have found 7 galaxies at a time when the universe was only 700 million years old.

Video: Could humans actually live on planet Mars?

Could we survive on Mars? The AsapSCIENCE guys address the question.

Men and women adapt differently to spaceflight

A study looks at differences in the ways that men and women's bodies react to time spent in space.

Bizarre black hole alignments over billions of light-years

The black holes are central to quasars in the early universe. Researchers say the probability that their aligned spin is the result of chance is less than 1%.

Asteroid Vesta now has its own geologic maps

Vesta is revealed as a world in space - albeit a little world - in these new maps of its surface. Scientists say the maps of Vesta reveals its history.

Study suggests 2014 ocean surface temps warmest on record

2014 is still on track to be the warmest year on record, and ocean surface temperatures appear to be rising as well.

Rosetta spots Philae’s bounce across the comet

Never-before-seen images of a bouncy comet landing! Shows Philae lander attempting to touch down in the weak gravity field of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

More lightning strikes in a warming world?

Rising temperatures could lead to a 50 percent increase in U.S. lightning strikes by the end of the century, says a new study.