A strange blob has been seen rapidly circling our galaxy's central black hole. Now, astronomers have identified it as the exploded debris from two merging stars.

This insect can fling pee at lightning speed, a tactic that could be helpful for designing water-resistant smartwatches and other devices.

The company is no longer flying the flawed Rocket 3 line that made its last flight in June 2022, when it failed to deliver two NASA cubesats to orbit after a second-stage failure.

Researchers from Southwest University in China have constructed the entire chromosomal-scale genome assembly and complete spidroin gene set of the golden orb-weaving spider, Trichonephila clavata, known for its especially strong, golden-colored webs.

Scientist applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species from Devonian Period. Approimately 360 million years ago, in the shallow subtropical waters above what is now the city of Cleveland, an armor-plated fish many believed to…

NASA’s Apollo program most notably explored the Moon. But it also helped us study the Earth as well, as it provided some of the first high-resolution images of our whole planet, like the famous “Blue Marble” photo taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts. However, t…

Booming exploration and commercial activity could ruin the quiet environment of the lunar far side.

A supercomputer simulation shows how ultramassive black holes could grow through mergers in the Cosmic Noon.

Scientists are shedding new light on Earth's elusive fifth layer.

There's a mystery happening in some satellites facing the sun, and scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) are on the case. The team has been trying to figure out wh…

Recently identified fungus-killing compounds, "keanumycins," are so effective against fungi that harm plants and humans they have been named after Keanu Reeves, a nod to the actor being deadly in his movie roles.

Researchers sent robots deep into the frozen continent and got unprecedented close-up views beneath Antarctica’s ice. Among the goals: add more nuanced data to climate models.

Explore a universe of numbers and arithmetic in our new interactive math game, Hyperjumps!

Their working memory outclasses ours.

A proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem.

Males of a species evolving traits for sexual conflict can cause problems for females, and, ultimately, the whole population.

Is science close to explaining everything about our Universe? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder reacts.

Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer fired for violating the company's confidentiality policy, has expressed his concerns about the risks associated with AI-driven chatbots like Microsoft's Bing AI.

A “jellyfish galaxy” with trailing tentacles of stars hangs in inky blackness in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

We've come a long way in space imaging technology.

Scientists have made a bizarre discovery about the giants that used to roam the earth

An investigation into a failed Astra launch last June concluded that a complex series of events caused a fuel leak that kept the rocket from reaching orbit.

Hymenoptera is an incredibly diverse order, with numerous behavioral and morphological innovations. Here, the authors compile a time-calibrated Hymenoptera phylogeny and find that secondary transitions to phytophagy, plant feeding, are associated with signifi…

Inspired by the Renaissance vision of Leonardo da Vinci, NASA is presently preparing its scientific return to Venus’ atmosphere and surface with a mission known as the “Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI). …