A shocking new study reveals humanity’s near-extinction event that nearly erased our species 1 million years ago. Only 1,280 individuals survived a dramatic population collapse triggered by environmental shifts.

All you ever need to know about the stingray

A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away.

This 2023 astronaut photo shows three glaciers merging into a single massive ice mass in the Karakoram mountains. The stripy glaciers have gained ice in recent decades, despite the effects of human-caused climate change.

New research predicts surprisingly large CP violation effects in charmed baryon decays, an essential step toward solving the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance. Scientists have long been intrigued by one of the universe's most enduring puzzles: why matter…

When the JWST began science observations in July 2022, it flung open a whole new window on the Universe.

Makenzie Lystrup’s departure from Goddard comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL.

A test using atomic clocks will watch superpositions ride Earth’s curved space-time and see if Einstein can play nice with quantum mechanics

Named 2020 VN40, this tiny body completes one orbit around the Sun for every ten Neptune makes.

Physics professor John Cramer, 90, volunteers for pioneering mitochondrial transplant therapy aimed at extending human lifespan beyond 122 years.

Earth has been spinning faster for the past few years — a trend that could lead the world’s timekeeping institutions to take unprecedented action.

"The chemistry in this location is really strange and exciting."

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Chinese scientists have developed a technology to convert lunar soil into fuel and oxygen, aiding space exploration. 🌕 The technology uses a photothermal strategy to extract water from lunar soil and transform CO2 into usable resources. 🔍 C…

Eight launches are scheduled for this week. Four of these are Falcon 9s, with SpaceX…

Switching to green energy? This museum accidentally found a dinosaur instead.

A record-breaking 17.6-meter rogue wave off British Columbia highlights the importance of wind dynamics in wave formation

The southern part of the earthquake’s rupture moved at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second.

An experimental technique rescued a camera aboard the agency’s Juno spacecraft, offering lessons that will benefit other space systems that experience high

A new theory promises to simplify our approach to the universe's earliest moments, but some cosmologists say further mathematical scrutiny is warranted.

The cycle of birth and death in the universe has been illustrated by twin discoveries of an infant world taking shape and a hidden star that is doomed to die

It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the dramatic explosion of a particular kind of white dwarf. In 1998, they announced their surprising results: Instead of slowing down or stayin…

Scientists have uncovered shocking evidence that India's tectonic plates are literally splitting apart.

Weird makos filmed off the California coast in a new Shark Week show raise questions about what these sharks actually are.

At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

"There's some great targets in the southern hemisphere, including the Carina Nebula."