Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also shed light on the origin of elusive "ghost particl…

Scientists have identified a new species of ancient whale with cartoonish bulging eyes that they say would have made it look like a Pokémon.

A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.

NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.

Volcanic ash in central Turkey has unveiled a stunning fossil record that may rewrite the story of mammal and human evolution.

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels, like tunnels, connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of interstellar space.

Breakthrough science or deep-sea devastation?

Astronomers have found oxygen in the universe’s most distant known galaxy—rewriting the timeline of cosmic evolution just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

There may be a habitable world at the Sun's closest solar twin.

The discovery could challenge current ideas about how galaxies formed in the early universe.

"In science fiction, there are scenes where a beam is fired at something to destroy it, causing an explosion with debris flying back at the shooter. Similar things occur in real astronomical phenomena, but with greater intensity."

Physicists from the University of Copenhagen have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

A new microscope allows scientists to watch electrons shake graphene’s atoms in real time, revealing something called "phasons."

Let us imagine for a moment that the new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, guided to send mini-probes that will arrive at…

Hidden magma chambers, rising heat, and global climate implications are now under intense scrutiny. The stakes go far beyond the American West — and the timeline may be shorter than expected.

Dolphins and orcas have crossed an invisible line in evolution—locking themselves into the ocean with no way back.

The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.

From the New York Times in the early 1900s to Elon Musk’s goals. this we’ve been trying to go to Mars for a century.

A spectacular “planet parade” (also called an alignment) featuring six planets is visible during August. Here’s when and where to look on Saturday, Aug. 16.

The Universe was born incredibly hot, and has expanded and cooled ever since. Could life have begun back when space was "room temperature?"

The Federal Aviation Administration has dismissed the entire membership of a commercial space advisory committee.

When global events set our minds to wondering if humanity has what it takes to persist, it's natural to wonder about other worlds, other life, other intelligent species, and if those others might be better suited to survive whatever Great Filters they face.

Parent emerged over 4,000 years ago in Siberia, farther east than many thought, then rapidly spread west Ancient DNA is reshaping the story of Europe’s Uralic languages: instead of the Urals, their trail leads ~4,500 years back to Yakutia in northeastern Sibe…

A Neanderthal AMPD1 variant still present in some Europeans lowers muscle efficiency and may hinder elite athletic ability. AMPD1 is an enzyme essential for producing energy in muscles and maintaining normal muscular performance. Genetic mutations that reduce…

Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during solar-triggered geomagnetic storms because of the effect climate pollution has on Earth’s atmosphere, a new study found.