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What would it take to run a cable from the ISS to Earth? Depends how fast you want the Earth to rotate.

Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface.

The study proposes a new approach where tachyons not only exist within relativity but could theoretically travel through time.

“Nature is handing us an incredibly rare experiment.”…

A controversial theory suggests that brain microtubules could contain quantum phenomena, linking your consciousness to the entire universe.

The curious 're-evolving' plants are growing on the archipelago's younger volcanic islands.

Mice with two fathers and no mother have now had offspring of their own.

Scientists have caught ancient parasitic fungi in the act of bursting from insect hosts, in dramatic scenes frozen in amber.

The quest to pin down the source of the burst led to a derelict 60-year-old satellite.

The MIT professor, a recipient of the National Medal of Science, developed technologies that helped pave the way for the Global Positioning System.

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely wrong.

Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles—a "mini halo"—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step forward in understanding the hidden forces that shape the cosmos.

Swiss scientists have developed a photosynthetic living material that uses cyanobacteria to absorb and store CO2.

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young stars.

A new study suggests that a short nap, especially one reaching deeper N2 sleep, can significantly boost problem-solving insight.

The closest galactic relative to the Milky Way helped astronomers discover dark matter in the 1960's.

A breakthrough discovery on Mars could soon make human missions possible.

ASA Won two Emmy awards last night

A volcano from 18,000 years ago is erupting beneath Norway’s waters. Here’s what’s inside.

The high seas of the dinosaur era were teeming with a plethora of squids, a new study has found.

Things almost went exactly as planned.

The discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado.

They used Webb's mid-infrared instrument to suppress the overwhelming glare from the host star, revealing faint objects that would have been too dim to spot otherwise.

The fireball was visible from several states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.