In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images as it begins its 10-year mission conducting the Legacy Survey of ...

Police in Orange arrested two suspects, ages 17 and 20, after a series of shootings and a pursuit on Wednesday.

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Snow covered Atacama desert in Chile, offering a rare sight of winter in a place where rainfall is nonexistent and skies are normally clear.

The Thunder aim for a championship in Game 6 on a win streak, while the Pacers, led by star players, seek a comeback. Gilbert ...

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President Donald Trump's unconventional approach to clemency has spread hope among federal prisoners and formerly incarcerated people around the United States, prompting a wave of petitions ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory will allow astronomers to make more accurate maps of near-Earth asteroids and smaller space bodies. The first observations have already helped to identify 2104 previously ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.