Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is known about the planet closest to ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is known about the planet closest to the sun.

Astronomers with NASA’s IXPE have uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos.

Solar storms may subtly shift your heart rate by influencing heart rate variability and the autonomic nervous system, new research suggests.

After more than a million years of separation, two branches of humanity reunited around 300,000 years ago, suggests new research.

Arizona’s two great tourist attractions have been linked at last.

The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the solar system.

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it could be more than 3 billion years older than the solar system.

A rare conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will grace the night sky tonight, bringing all three celestial bodies into close alignment.

In her new book "The Stronger Sex," science journalist Starre Vartan dispels myths and misconceptions about the female body.

In April, geologists performing maintenance work at Norris Geyser Basin found something unexpected.

No ZeniMax Online developer has been laid off following the cancellation of Project Blackbird, according to a new statement.

A forgotten note leads to the discovery in Bavaria of humboldtine, one of the rarest minerals on the planet.

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday night. Backup opportunities are available Wednesday.

New research reveals that volcanic exoplanets with static crusts, once thought inhospitable, could actually support liquid water and life-friendly climates.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Grounded 2, and Abiotic Factor headline the newest addition of games to Xbox Game Pass.

A team of scientists led by expert Raúl Jiménez, ICREA researcher at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB), in collaboration with the University of Padua (Italy), has presented a revolutionary theory about the origins of the unive…

After the fire and fury of liftoff, when a spacecraft is sailing silently through space, you could be forgiven for thinking the hard part of the mission is over. After all, riding what’s esse…

A massive asteroid, three times the size of a football field, is set to safely zoom past Earth today.

Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from

Focused ultrasound could turn a muscle supplement into a brain-saving therapy by sneaking creatine past the brain’s protective shield.

"If you look closely at it, you could almost use it as a film set for a movie about Mars."

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is really like. But our blue-skied, temperate planet is the extreme exception when it comes to other worlds. There's nothing remotely like Ear…

Proteins from an ancient rhino tooth unearthed in the Canadian Arctic have allowed scientists to look much deeper into the past than ever before. Dinosaur proteins could be next.

The ability to switch magnetism, or, in other words, to change the orientation of a material's magnetic moments, using only electricity, could open new opportunities for the efficient storage of data in hard drives and other magnetic memory devices. While the…