A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

New cross-species findings may help settle a long-standing debate about whether the hippocampus is required for passive learning.

A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ongoing change. While its vast dark basins formed during a…

Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.

A fungus that evolved at Chernobyl and is now grown on the ISS, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, slightly reduced radiation levels.

Global warming has picked up speed in the past decade, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). By removing short term natural influences such as El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles from temperature r…

The search for materials that can conduct electricity at room temperature without losing energy is one of the greatest and most consequential challenges of modern physics: loss-free power transmission, more efficient motors and generators, more powerful quant…

"The risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is low — approximately 1 in 4,200."

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., a British company best known for developing small satellites, will help build a large, privately funded space telescope.

A mysterious structure found beneath Japan's waters has left experts questioning its origins.

Deep-sea waters are warming due to heat waves and climate change, and it could spell trouble for the oceans' delicate chemical and biological balance. However, a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrates that the microbe …

Even when the idea of terraforming Mars was originally put forward, the idea was daunting. Changing the environment of an entire planet is not something to do easily. Over the following decades, plenty of scientists and engineers have looked at the problem, a…

What hardware hacker doesn’t have a soft spot for transparent cases? While they may have fallen out of mainstream favor, they have an undeniable appeal to anyone with an interest in electroni…

If the concept comes to life, scientists would have a field day exploring lightning with remarkable ease.

A study shows evidence of Neanderthal “fat factories” dating back as far as 125,000 years ago.

What if a 125-million-year-old scorpion had been hiding in China's fossil beds all along? Scientists just found something unexpected.

For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light emitted by trees during thunderstorms.

An incredible discovery has been made in a cave: footprints and handprints left by ancient humans, dating back 14,000 years.

As the 11-year cycle downshifts from solar maximum to solar minimum, the lights will begin to diminish, so the time to plan a trip is now.

Did you know that notable astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a theory that our universe could be a computer simulation?

A new study highlights the volcanic Rimae Bode region as a scientifically promising destination for China's first crewed moon landing mission, which the...