As Africa and Eurasia slowly collide, Earth’s rumblings paint a seismographic picture of what once was a piece of our
An exciting discovery could shed some light on how Earth got its water. New observations of a disk of dust
A physical encounter between two humpback whales has been immortalized on film for the first time. As two photographers snapped
Put the word ‘evolution’ into Google images and the results are largely variations on one theme: Ralph Zallinger’s illustration, March
Here’s a front row seat on what it would be like to return to Earth inside a space capsule. Varda
Scientists have identified a unique form of cell messaging occurring in the human brain, revealing just how much we still
When the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima in August 1945, the Japanese city was engulfed in a
On slopes of underwater mountains startlingly pink, grumpy-faced fish walk on fin-hands, and fiery red squid flee with alarms of
Empathy is the sensing of another’s emotions and ability to imagine how they are feeling, a quality that seems in
The dastardly deeds of a dead star have been discovered by an intrepid team of cosmic detectives. A white dwarf
Evolution has produced a wondrously diverse variety of lifeforms here on Earth. It just so happens that talking primates with
Legends about the ingenuity of the Greek inventor and mathematician Archimedes were so powerful that for centuries, many scholars have
Teams of physicists at CERN and the University of Tokyo have both taken a major step forward towards understanding a
Substantial ice loss has been observed in the Antarctic region since the 1970s, but a new study suggests for at
Violently bludgeoned to death and left in a Danish bog, the Stone Age individual known as ‘Vittrup man’ was discovered
Four days after Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander made an off-kilter touchdown on the Moon, the mission team is releasing snapshots
Smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid may have had some interesting side effects. According to an analysis of a collision
Japan’s Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency said
NASA’s new space telescope spotted a 13 billion-year-old galaxy that is much too complex to exist that early in the
When the Moon passes in front of the Sun in a solar eclipse, the jaw-dropping spectacle seems to change our
There are places in the Universe where matter becomes so wildly distorted that magnetism grows into an unimaginable force. Known
Jupiter and Saturn need to step aside with their moon-hogging ways. The outer planets of the Solar System have also
On Wednesday, February 21st, at 01:40 p.m. PST (04:40 p.m. EST), an interesting package returned to Earth from space. This
The bad news is that Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander is tipped on its side after getting tripped up during its
Rivers of intense moisture wend their way through our atmosphere just as their liquid counterparts do across the land. Unfortunately
You may be used to hearing that it takes the Earth 365 days to make a full lap, but that
According to an analysis of hundreds of preserved bird specimens from museum collections around the globe, there’s a specific set
A century or so before the pyramids graced the Egyptian horizon, around the same time as the erection of Stonehenge,
A strange phase of matter that previously existed purely in the realm of theory has finally been detected in a
The green anaconda has long been considered one of the Amazon’s most formidable and mysterious animals. Our new research upends
Hopes of discovering some kind of extraterrestrial life within our own Solar System have suffered a blow with a new
The solar cycle has been reasonably well understood since 1843 when Samuel Schwabe spent 17 years observing the variation of
There was a time when there was only one game of ferromagnetism in town. Want to know your north from
Acting on a tiny particle levitating in a magnetic trap, physicists have just measured the smallest gravitational pull ever recorded.
Interstellar travel is only something humanity has achieved in science fiction — like Star Trek’s USS Enterprise, which used antimatter
The Sun is having a moment. Within 24 hours, several X-class flares have erupted from its surface – the most
The US company Intuitive Machines has successfully put its Odysseus lunar lander on the Moon‘s surface in a landmark achievement
The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the
Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the
In 1987, Earth’s sky was lit up by a rare spectacle. The explosion of light from a dying star going
People with ADHD-like traits may have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to finding food in the wild. In a
Researchers have come across a wonderfully intriguing find in the north of Spain: a bronze hand dating back some 2,000
For over a century, people have dreamed of the day when humanity (as a species) would venture into space. In
A company from Texas is poised to attempt a feat that until now has only been accomplished by a handful
Tiny fragments of plastic aren’t only finding their way into animals, remote ice caps, oceans, and even the depths of
In 1593, German mathematician Christopher Clavius made a small mark that would change mathematics forever. In a sine table in
Our rapidly increasing need for data storage capacity isn’t going to change anytime soon (thanks, AI!). Thankfully new research is
There may be a lot more than we thought to the belt of icy debris that circles the outer Solar
