Scientists studying a fragment of the Sun King’s heart conclude that the diagnosis at the time of gangrene was wrong

With mostly clear skies expected in Oregon’s dark sky country, this could be your year.

Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to see it.

Reliably quantifying and characterizing the quantum states of various systems is highly advantageous for both quantum physics research and the development of quantum technologies. Quantifying these states typically entails performing several measurements and …

Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely appeared, dark matter results couldn't be confirmed.

Yifat Merbl is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Tony Tyson is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Luciano Moreira is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

NASA is gearing up for an unprecedented space mission set to launch in 2026, aimed at rescuing the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.

In space, nobody can hear you argue about the best movie set there.

Our model of the cosmos is still in very hot water.

…Except for Mab, which is even weirder than expected.

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Unexplained signals from Antarctica’s ice are baffling scientists. These mysterious pulses challenge everything we know.

It seems miraculous that a comet would hover, stationary, over a small town. Not if you look at Chinese astronomers’ records, says one scientist

These researchers have only filmed the species four times in 40 years.

The eastern side of the Gakkel Ridge has never been reached with a dive vehicle because of floating sea ice.

This rare phenomenon is also called the green rim and it actually happens at every sunset.

How many human cells does a pig need before it’s considered too human?

Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

"A vulnerability in this software poses a threat to billions of dollars in space infrastructure and the scientific missions they enable."

The powerful X1.1 solar flare from sunspot region 4298 sparked strong radio blackouts on the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption.

Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out a way to deal with it.

The explosive growth in satellite numbers in low Earth orbit is proving problematic for space telescopes.

Even without today’s advanced modeling tools, scientists made a ‘remarkably’ accurate estimate.