Europe’s Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two
A gas giant exoplanet 634 light-years away has a quirk in its atmosphere that suggests it may have swallowed a
There are many layers to the human brain. From its wrinkled exterior to its darkest depths, scientists are trying to
Gravity’s pull is a constant on Earth, but our planet is no uniform sphere. It’s covered in lumps and bumps,
Many sharks are being fished to the point of extinction, and yet one of the proposed solutions – sustainable shark
Virgin Galactic successfully flew its first paying customers to the final frontier Thursday, a long-awaited achievement that puts it back
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can
Ravine-like channels on Mars are something of a puzzle. They look like the gullies in Antarctica caused by melting glaciers,
Somewhere out in the depths of the Milky Way galaxy, something stirs. Powerful forces whip charged particles into an energetic
The search for planets outside our Solar System – exoplanets – is one of the most rapidly growing fields in
Hunter-gatherer roles in human society are not nearly as gendered as anthropologists and archaeologists have traditionally believed, with narratives of
For the first time, starlight has been detected in galaxies burning brightly with the fury of feeding black holes in
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, urged governments on Wednesday to step in and make sure
The news that orcas are attacking and sinking ships off Europe’s Iberian coast has the world captivated by the strange
It’s official. There’s something out there shaking the stars in a way that can no longer be ascribed to chance.
A dive into the minds of sleeping octopuses has yielded further evidence that these enigmatic cephalopods experience REM sleep, or
We’ve just identified a brand new isotope of the rarest element in our planet’s crust. With 85 protons and 105
Undeterred after three decades of looking, and with some assistance from a supercomputer, mathematicians have finally discovered a new example
There’s been a long-standing debate about whether or not the key features that define placental mammals like ourselves emerged in
It’s shaping up to be a huge week for space and physics news, with two major press conferences about the
The currents of air that wrap around our planet are becoming unrecognizable to climate scientists. Some have even compared the
Deep in the delicate traceries of the Orion Nebula, we’ve finally found an important carbon molecule never before seen in
With satellite imagery and other modern tools, much of the globe is comprehensively mapped out at this point – but
If you’re an evil genius supervillain looking to freak out your enemy with a big messy space kablooie, here’s a
It’s 2023. By now, we should all be wearing jet packs, living on the Moon, and having deep conversations with
The body temperature of one of the mightiest predators ever to stalk Earth’s oceans may have contributed to its downfall.
You know what Mars looks like. It’s all red and dusty, with its polar caps of white ice, shades of
Based on marks on an ancient bone, it seems someone got hungry enough to chow down on some hominin leg,
What’s that smell? Is that what you think it is? You check your shoes and, sure enough, one is adorned
We’ve just been given a teaser of the moment everyone has been waiting for: a James Webb Space Telescope image
The Universe should be humming. Every supernova, every merger between neutron stars or black holes, even rapidly spinning lone neutron
The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is not as dormant as had been
When you think of parasites, you probably think of worms and bugs… but in the brutal realm of the ocean,
Peering back into the distant past, astronomers are prying apart the secrets of when the Universe switched on its lights.
It’s generally accepted that partners who live together also sleep together. While snuggle time might be good for our relationships,
Here, wolfie, wolfie, wolfie! Like dogs, wolves recognize and respond to the voices of familiar humans more than strangers, according
You’re familiar with the states of matter we encounter daily – such as solid, liquid, and gas – but in
There’s something really weird in the center of the Milky Way. The vicinity of a supermassive black hole is a
Horses’ ancient ancestors once trotted across the landscape on a small number of hooved toes, evolving over the ages to
Biologists usually define ‘life’ as an entity that reproduces, responds to its environment, metabolizes chemicals, consumes energy, and grows. Under
Algorithmically generated playlists on music streaming services like Spotify make a best guess at what kind of music you’ll enjoy
Between 1993 and 2010, humans extracted and moved so much of our planet’s groundwater that it contributed to the migration
American 13-year-olds continue to struggle academically in the wake of the pandemic, especially in mathematics, according to official data out
Across the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra
To something the size of a human, static electricity is, at most, a hair-raising experience. When you’re a tiny nematode,
The remnant of a dead star predicted to cannonball through the outskirts of the Solar System is going to do
Blasting debris clear into the stratosphere, the eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano in January, 2022, shattered records for its explosive
A newly discovered star just 773 light-years away belongs to one of the rarest categories in the Milky Way. J1912-4410
