In an unexpected place, scientists have uncovered footprints that don’t quite fit the story we thought we knew.

There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away.

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have successfully imaged atomic oxygen in liquid water, revealing behavior previously thought unmeasurable.

Stronger auroral activity is expected amid geomagnetic storms, forecasters said.

From nuclear fusion milestones to rediscovered species, these are some of 2025’s most striking scientific breakthroughs.

Preserved with exceptional detail in amber from the Cretaceous period, the specimen provides rare physical evidence that early spider ancestors once possessed tails, something that had only been hypothesized until now.

Ammonia (NH3) is a colorless chemical compound comprised of nitrogen and hydrogen that is widely used in agriculture and in industrial settings. Among other things, it is used to produce fertilizers, as well as cleaning products and explosives.

A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the brain functions.

As space travel advances, colonization of other planets edges closer to reality. But should we spread to other parts of the galaxy?

China's hypergravity centrifuge CHIEF1900 has a capacity of 1900g-tonnes and dethrones compatriot CHIEF1300.

Mosasaurs were the apex predators of the oceans during the reign of the dinosaurs, but new research reveals dinosaurs weren't safe from them in rivers either.

Using the Einstein Probe (EP), astronomers have detected a new X-ray transient event, which turned out to be an X-ray flare from the star PM J23221-0301 located about 150 light years away. The finding was reported in a research paper published December 18 on …

New research sharpens understanding of the hidden symmetry in a mysterious superconductor. Superconductors are materials that allow electrical current to flow without any resistance, a property that typically appears only at extremely low temperatures. While …

This enormous protoplanetary disk is confounding astronomers.

We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at Stevns Klint, eastern Denmark. The occurrence of this unit …

It captures the passage of time on the Red Planet.

The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova."

The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how the outer solar system formed and evolved.

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

Researchers suggest a sea change in satellite design to protect the ozone layer.

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events. One such description is that of the Star of Bethlehem—a bright astronomical body that was said to lead the Magi to Jesus shortly afte…

2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse.

Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore...

As we summarize 2025 and approach a New Year, the time is ripe to recognize the most significant dating partner that humanity had in 2025…