Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have come from the outer solar system, i.e., beyond Jupiter. For a…

Some dogs may actually have musical ability, listening along and trying to match the pitch in their own way.

New images from Webb and Hubble show Saturn like never before, exposing its layered atmosphere, powerful storms, and changing seasons.

During the incident, which lasted around 20 minutes, Fincke was unable to talk. After extensive tests on Earth, we still don't know what happened.

“It was completely out of the blue.”

Nothing about this fossil seemed extraordinary at first. Yet buried within it was a trace of an event so rare that scientists almost never find direct proof of it.

When load increases steadily, so does friction, but in the realm of magnetization dynamics, things aren’t so simple.

Hansen included Indigenous perspectives on his personal mission patch.

It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.

Astronomers have spotted a bizarre cosmic explosion that refuses to play by the rules—and it’s leaving scientists scrambling for answers. GRB 250702B, detected by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and a global network of observatories, lasted an astonishing s…

Out of this world.

The Great Salt Lake has been drying up, but the surprising arrival of reed-filled mounds inspired scientists to investigate what lies beneath.

It’s amazing how much one movie can act as a cultural touchpoint for an entire topic - even a topic as serious as defense of a planet. Popular media consistently use the 1998 movie Armageddon as a reference when talking about how we would destroy a civilizati…

What if the key to surviving the Ice Age wasn’t the coast… but the cave? New discoveries suggest humans ventured deep into places once thought unlivable.

It feels like the kindest way to deal with a spider at home, but that quick trip to the garden can end far worse than most people realize.

The night sky is full of wonder. Here's what to look out for tonight.

To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that allows the parasite to fine-tune thi…

From spaghettification to time dilation, here's what science knows, and still doesn't, about matter falling into a black hole.

Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers mapped a large magma reservoir under the Kikai caldera and conf…

Hygiene in everyday items that touch the body—such as clothing, masks, and toothbrushes—is critically important. The underlying principle of how graphene selectively eliminates only bacteria has now been revealed. In Advanced Functional Materials, a KAIST res…

As NASA prepares for its long-awaited return of crewed launches beyond low Earth orbit with…