Earth’s magnetosphere, once thought to have a simple electric polarity pattern, has revealed a surprising twist. New satellite data and advanced simulations show that the morning side of the magnetosphere carries a negative charge, not positive as long believ…

A late-night stream of Mars images has stirred fresh curiosity, uneasy laughter and a rash of wild theories across social media. Within hours, a claim

Clearer evenings arrive after Storm Amy, and the night sky has a surprise lined up that could light your commute home. Britain is about to get its first

If you have been through a typical NASA design review then you know that words have meaning.

New observations of a strange object that wobbles around the space between Jupiter and Uranus reveal what looks like a system of rings forming and evolving, even as we watch.

"If you put it up, you should have to bring it down at the end of its lifespan."

With the shutdown of its Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter, humankind's last presence on Earth's sister world falls quiet.

The Vera Rubin Observatory saw first light in June 2025. Its images from that time are called the Virgo First Look images because they focus on the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. M61 is one of the galaxies in that cluster, and the VRO has detected a stellar strea…

It's red, white, and blue, like the French "Tricolore." But it really represents America and its Star-Spangled Banner, since the car was made in the USA.

A team of physicists from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy has mathematically shown that our Universe is built on a type of understanding that exists beyond the reach of any algorithm.

This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, that question sat on the fringe ...

A laser-based ice drill can bore deep, narrow channels into ice while keeping both mass and energy requirements lower than traditional tools.

In a greenhouse in Tokyo, researcher Ko Mochizuki noticed something unusual. Flies were swarming around the delicate flowers of an obscure plant species. The blooms, however, weren’t offering nectar or bright colors to attract these insects. Instead, they wer…

As someone who studies materials, Lu Li knows people want to hear about the exciting new applications and technologies his discoveries could enable. Sometimes, though, what he finds is just too weird or extreme to have any immediate use.

'Anti-social' cosmic explosion challenges current understanding of supernovas

Study reveals Neanderthals shaped and used ochre crayons for symbolic and artistic purposes 70,000 years ago.

The ocean is doing its best to soak up excess heat, but once humanity (hopefully) achieves a net-negative carbon economy, the bill will come due.

What if I told you that while you can’t see dark matter, maybe you can hear it?

This colossal dinosaur's fossils were so heavy, they broke the road during transport.

The time has come to expand our visions of life beyond Earth.

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might explain why a large portion of exoplanets have water on their su…

The freshwater flatworm Stenostomum brevipharyngium is, by all accounts, a simple fellow. The worm is small and entirely soft. It has no eyes, only sensory pits that control balance and orientation. This simplicity makes it easy for S. brevipharyngium to make…

Some people were treated to an astral spectacle late Wednesday night, as a "fireball meteor" flashed across the night sky in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

New ESA simulations suggest that a solar storm on par with the 1859 Carrington Event could wreak havoc on Earth-orbiting satellites — and it is a question of "when," not "if" this will happen, experts say.