A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, scientists detected enormous amounts of formaldehyde in the atmosphere — a telltale sign…

New research shows ravens use memory to locate areas where wolves are likely to make kills. Instead of trailing wolf packs, the birds rely on mental maps of productive hunting grounds.

The motion of galaxy clusters in the distant Universe has just yielded the largest-scale test yet of the laws of gravity.

Paleontologists have cracked the 437-million-year-old fossil mystery of how centipedes got their many legs, revealing how their underwater ancestors helped them make the leap to land.

The upcoming new moon provides skywatchers with the ideal conditions to observe the Milky Way’s brilliant core, a rare opportunity not to be missed!

NASA's Webb telescope just released a new image of a distant galaxy 45 million light-years away. The image shows an extremely bright core at the center, and scientists want to explain what's actually behind it.

Ganymede is not only Jupiter's largest moon, but also the largest in our solar system and one of the few that hosts a massive ice ocean. Adding to this planet-like moon's uniqueness is the fact that among the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Ganymede is…

Researchers have successfully regenerated skeletal and connective tissue, although the new tissue was not perfectly formed. The result demonstrates a critical step forward in limb regeneration.

ESA and JAXA have signed an agreement to launch a mission to asteroid Apophis, marking a pivotal step in planetary defense.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made a surprising discovery about a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away: It isn't rotating. That's something only seen in the most massive, mature galaxies that are closer to us in space and time, said…

For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.

This dog my be big, but he is so sweet.

New research reveals groundbreaking insights about the moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin, offering Artemis a chance to sample the moon’s mantle during its 2028 mission.

Researchers have uncovered the cause behind Venus’ mysterious, 6,000-kilometer-wide atmospheric wave.

Deep beneath a Mesopotamian temple, scientists found sand that shouldn't be there; at least not according to what archaeologists believed about this ancient city.

For more than a decade, conservation biologist Steve Boyes searched for "ghost elephants"—nocturnal giants rumored to roam a remote, high-altitude wetland in eastern Angola. When a motion-sensor camera finally captured their image in 2024, Boyes turned to Sta…

NASA is gearing up for a "Big Bang" activity that could extend the lives of the Voyagers' remaining instruments.

Artemis 2 astronauts have observed meteoroid impact flashes on the moon's far side, providing crucial data for scientists studying lunar craters and impact hazards.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet's surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will harness the planet's gravitational pull to speed up and adjust it…

Building a permanent city on Mars may depend less on rockets leaving Earth than on mining resources already floating through space.

Crabs may owe their famous sideways walk to one evolutionary event that happened 200 million years ago.

A new study suggests that flexing your abdominal muscles physically moves your brain. This gentle shifting acts as a hydraulic pump, forcing fluids through brain tissue to wash away harmful waste and promote cognitive health.

Study finds Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as durable tools for shaping stone implements during the Middle Paleolithic.

Scientists just named a new species of Spinosaurus. The fossils turned up somewhere that changes everything we thought we knew about how this predator lived.

"It's the best data I've ever worked."

Brilliant if combative scientist who created the first synthetic life form and enjoyed his ‘bad boy of genomics’ reputation, dies aged 79

With the moon reaching its last quarter phase on Saturday, May 9, a window on the universe beyond the Milky Way opens. Here’s what to see in the night sky.

A Marshall University researcher proposes that Hell's nine circles mirror multi-ring crater formations caused by planetary collisions.

Every year, the Capture the Atlas Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest brings together some of the most striking night sky images from photographers al...

A newly developed therapy inspired by bacteria residing within tumors offers a different way to combat cancer by targeting how tumor cells produce energy.

Earth’s largest waterfall, concealed under Arctic waters, moves millions of cubic meters of water every second, and it could be more critical to our climate than we ever realized.

On January 9, 1643, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli pointed his telescope at Venus and noticed a faint glow on the planet's unlit side. Riccioli figured it was an…

"As opposed to the other models, the compact object and Wolf-Rayet merger model does appear to easily justify all of the LFBOT transient and environmental properties!"

A comprehensive new review by Field Museum of Natural History paleontologists draws together the latest fossil evidence to offer the most complete portrait to date of Archaeopteryx’s ecology, behavior, and daily life.

Researchers discover decision-making signals in the brain's early sensory regions, suggesting bidirectional feedback loops are key to natural intelligence and future AI.

A giant dinosaur lay buried about eight meters below a construction site in northeastern Brazil, hidden in sediments so old that the first people to see its ...

The Brazilian tree extract‘s ‘multitarget’ attack on covid could also foil future strains of the virus.

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Shawn Gorman and John Gilpatrick discuss how reality may have been missing an entire layer all along.

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically. Scientists say they have figured out why

NOAA's latest solar wind forecast signals the potential for another dazzling northern lights display, expected to light up the skies tonight through early Friday, May 8. Here's your guide to watching the aurora borealis.

NASA’s recent breakthrough in rotor blade technology for its next-generation Mars helicopters could unlock the future of high-performance aerial exploration on the Red Planet.

The scientists’ creativity was rewarded with the tallest “cicada tower” on record.

Baby dinosaurs were likely fed more nutritious food than their adult counterparts, a finding that could offer insights into their social evolution, suggests a new study. Paleontologists uncovered this finding by studying wear on the fossilized teeth of Maiasa…

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been on Mars for six years, and its wheels have taken a surprising hit.

In hard times, like when the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth, some plants transformed into "hopeful monsters" to save themselves. Now, a new paper shows that these monsters are more common than we thought.

Earth's atmosphere did a number on this spacecraft.

It should be possible, but getting there will require a greater understanding of subsurface physics.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has unveiled extraordinary spiderweb-like formations on Mars, providing compelling evidence that liquid water may have persisted on the planet far longer than expected.

Commander Vega takes questions on 2023's alien-fightin' turn based strategy game Xenonauts 2.

NASA’s CHAPEA mission has reached 200 days of its simulated Mars mission, providing invaluable data for future human space exploration.

Suvarna Ramachandran and Jimin George won the Breakthrough Prize for their work on the Muon g-2 experiment, achieving an unprecedentedly precise measurement of the muon's magnetic moment.

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific survival mechanism?

Told he had a disorder in grade school, Ian González Santos is now 15 and chasing a discovery that could change how the world handles its plastic waste.

Over the past few decades, some physicists worldwide have been investigating unusual particle-like magnetic structures known as topological solitons. These structures could potentially be leveraged to develop new cutting-edge technologies, such as new magneti…

"Full duration and full thrust 33-engine static fire with Super Heavy V3."