Three dates in July and August are contenders for Earth's fastest single rotation – or shortest day – of the year.

Astronomers spotted exoplanet AT2021ueyL b, a gas giant 3,262 light-years away, using microlensing. It orbits in the galactic halo region.

In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating that gravitational wave signals from black hole mergers are more complex than earlier anticipated.

Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?

A remarkable discovery challenges everything we knew about fossilization. Collagen has been found in a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, sparking new questions about ancient preservation.

We haven’t found evidence of the theoretical particle, but it’s still worth investigating.

A small company is vying to take on the Moonwatch with a cutting-edge, 3D-printed lightweight timepiece that's fit for EVAs, can be fixed on the ISS, and capable of keeping time in the harshest environment known to humans.

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Alberta, Canada, is offering a rare glimpse into the world of dinosaurs. Researchers have uncovered a near-complete skeleton with fossilized skin.

"We plan to continue our investigation."

Landauer's principle is a thermodynamics concept also relevant in information theory, which states that erasing one bit of information from an information system results in the dissipation of at least a specific amount (i.e., kBTln2) of energy. This principle…

A team of paleontologists and researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has discovered what may be the largest known dinosaur mating dance arena ever found. For their study, published in the journal Cretaceous Research, the group used drone…

NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to past life.

Mountains, sub-glacial lakes, hidden valleys, even remnants of lost civilizations: what lies under Antarctica’s vast 2,000-metre thick ice sheet has long...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by Hollywood.

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle rock rising from deep within the Earth beneath Africa. These pulses are gradually tearing the continent apart and forming a new ocean.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to South Dakota as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere shakes up geomagnetic activity in the coming days.

For hundreds of millions of years, a cosmic fog blocked all signs of starlight. At last, JWST found the galaxies that cleared that fog away.

Scientists reveal that earthquakes generate electricity in quartz, explaining how enormous gold nuggets grow in deep rock fractures.

Within a tiny plankton, an even smaller cell has been found living an unexpectedly virus-like existence, challenging what it means to be alive.

The new Exploration Company spacecraft, Nyx, is hoped to one day be manned by four to five astronauts, but for now, it will carry some pretty interesting cargo

The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.

Fossils unearthed in Texas's Big Bend National Park belong to a previously unknown species, Swaindelphys solastella.

The Orion Constellation glows red due to hydrogen gas.

This underwater city has been hidden for 120,000 years – and it might hold the secret to life itself.

Northern lights may be visible in 14 US states tonight, June 25, as a G2 geomagnetic storm pushes the aurora south. NOAA says peak viewing is around 1 a.m., with best chances in Alaska, the northern Plains, and in New York and Maine.