At the end of July, hundreds of scientists convened to plan NASA's upcoming astrophysics flagship mission. Will the US allow it to happen?

The moon is nice and bright tonight.

A rare fossil in Dominican amber unveils a miniature, ancient “dirt ant” once native to the Caribbean. Ants are a common sight wherever soil is found, but one group is so expertly camouflaged that they have earned the exclusive name “dirt ants” (Basiceros). A…

Antarctica’s deep canyons shape oceans and climate. High-resolution maps show striking regional differences. Submarine canyons rank among the most striking and complex geological structures on the ocean floor, yet many remain poorly understood, particularly t…

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The ‘hot blob’ is officially called Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), and lies 125 feet deep underground and extends 220 miles across New England.

The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.

Some mice were more adept at seeking water after the gene change, signaling a behavioral change and potential cognitive advantage.

After Earth’s greatest extinction, it wasn’t just volcanic fury that kept the planet hot; it was the death of tropical forests that turned off the planet’s cooling system, leading to millions of years of scorching heat.

“We will be ready for them when they’re ready to fly.”…

Footage from the BBC's new nature series "Parenthood" shows orcas practicing an important blue whale-hunting technique on each other.

A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world's prehistoric climate.

Early human ancestors may have lived in societies more combative than anything today.

The observed and forecasted growth rate of paper mill papers outpaces corrective measures, a new study finds. R. Richardson et al./PNAS 2025 Systematic research fraud has outpaced corrective measur…

Curiosity viewed this rock shaped like a piece of coral on July 24, 2025. The rover has found many rocks that were formed by minerals deposited by ancient water flows.

Researchers have discovered that it’s possible to speed up, slow down, or reverse the flow of time in a quantum system.

In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early star formation.

New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.

New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.

This week’s MeatEater Turtle theme is hunting. Can you beat Jani's time of 37 seconds in 2 attempts? Let us know in the comments! To learn to play, click the information button on the top right-hand corner of the screen. Create an account and sign in to save …

According to new data reported in a paper that was posted today on the arXiv, 3I/ATLAS exhibits “reddening colors … with no visible tail detected.” The authors explain these features as being “likely…

Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.

Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato.

The first crew slated to fly in NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission around the Moon early next year entered their spacecraft for a multi-day

NASA engineers successfully repaired the Juno spacecraft's radiation-damaged camera from Earth using an innovative heating technique called annealing.