"Young stars are not capable of being a source of radiation. So we should not expect it."

Scientists have unveiled the fossil of a giant millipede, the size of a car, that once roamed the Earth 326 million years ago.

A rare SWOT pass mapped a Pacific tsunami in detail, exposing hidden wave complexity and showing why forecasting models need a major update.

Voyager 1 warmed its cameras for three hours before taking the photos. Earth’s image was recorded at 04:48 GMT on February 14, 1990, just 34 minutes before the spacecraft powered off its cameras permanently.

An international group of geologists and paleontologists has developed a new method to accurately determine the age of rocks that contain fossils by directly dating preserved dinosaur eggshells. An international group of geologists and paleontologists has int…

Scientists have found dinosaur footprints, providing evidence that dinosaurs once roamed the Amazon 103 million years ago.

"If this turns out to be real, then it’s enormous."

Depending on how you look at it, the universe might not have an "end," after all.

A major fault in Turkey has defied decades of scientific assumptions—and it’s reshaping everything we thought we knew about the region’s tectonic future.

Following its detection on July 1, 2025, the light from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS showed pulsating variability with a period of…

Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.

Scientists have uncovered a stepwise system that guides how the brain sorts and stabilizes lasting memories. By tracking brain activity during virtual reality learning tasks, researchers identified molecules that influence how long memories persist. Each mole…

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only moved in but survived, adapted, and appeared to thrive.

Astronomers using data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the initial "breakout" phase of a supernova is elongated, not perfectly spherical.

Astronomers using data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the initial "breakout" phase of a supernova is elongated, not perfectly...

Here are the best telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter.

Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly

A Starship that launches from the Florida site could touch down on the same site years later.

Scientists predict a catastrophic future for Earth where a "triple whammy" of extinction events will eventually wipe out all life.

A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system have focused exclusively on their position in the "Goldilocks Zone" of their solar system, where their temp…

A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers at Stockholm University and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali have identified a practical method f…

Eros will pass within 2 degrees of the Andromeda Galaxy's core on Nov. 30.

Speed matters. When an X-ray photon excites an atom or ion, making a core electron jump onto a higher energy level, a short-lived window of opportunity opens. For just a few femtoseconds, before an electron fills the void in the lower energy level, a second p…

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose an entirely new type of cosmic structure: black hole stars. These exotic hybrids could explain rapid black hole growth in the early un…

While T. rex is best known for its fearsome presence on land, scientists are starting to believe it may have been more of a water-loving creature than we previously imagined.