If you could sink through the Earth's crust, you might hear, with a carefully tuned ear, a cacophany of booms and crackles along the way. The fissures, pores, and defects running through rocks are like strings that resonate when pressed and stressed. And as a…

Trees including oak and poplar will emit more isoprene—a compound that worsens air pollution—as global temperatures rise, researchers report.

In 2021, researchers dated ancient human footprints in New Mexico to at least 20,000 years ago.Some scientists took issue with the researchers' methods.In

In 2021, researchers dated ancient human footprints in New Mexico to at least 20,000 years ago.Some scientists took issue with the researchers' methods.In

Nearly 13,000 years ago a comet impact may have sparked major change in climate

Nearly 13,000 years ago a comet impact may have sparked major change in climate

Patches of bright pink and wisps of dark red paint the foreground of this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 5068 is a barred spiral galaxy with thousands of star-forming regions and large quantities of interstellar dust. First discovered by British a…

Exoplanets are great. There are hycean worlds, super-dense iron planets, super light planets, ones with potential biosignatures and much more. Catching up on...

Because birds use magnetic fields to navigate at night during long-distance migrations, severe space weather can throw them off course.

Charles Darwin said that evolution was constantly happening, causing animals to adapt for survival. But many of his contemporaries disagreed. If evolution is always causing things to change, they asked, then how is it that two fossils from the same species, f…

A wheel made in East Tennessee marks a step forward in the potential of 3D printing for space exploration.Stay informed about what's happening in East Tennes...

Annual growth rings inside the ancient remains of Scots pine trees in the Southern French Alps have revealed evidence of the largest-known solar storm, one that might have fried satellites and knocked out electricity grids had it occurred today.

Annual growth rings inside the ancient remains of Scots pine trees in the Southern French Alps have revealed evidence of the largest-known solar storm, one...

The cosmic web is part of the universe's large-scale structure. It is composed of dark matter, gas, and galaxies.

As the moon makes its close approach to the second planet from the sun, the two celestial bodies will also be in conjunction.

The Gulf Stream is intrinsic to the global climate system, bringing warm waters from the Caribbean up the East Coast of the United States. As it flows along the coast and then across the Atlantic Ocean, this powerful ocean current influences weather patterns …

New research has confirmed that fossil human footprints at White Sands National Park are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old.

First Alert Meteorologist Bryan Bachman explains what to expect from an upcoming solar eclipse. For more Local News from WHNS: https://www.foxcarolina.com...

Recent study investigated how fast genes are being transferred between distantly related species.

Einstein’s theory of general relativity suggests that our universe originated in a Big Bang. But black holes, and their gravitational forces, challenge the limits of Einstein’s work.

Researchers look at specimens in a museum in Australia to see which ones fluoresced

A Falcon 9 rocket's delivery of 21 Starlink satellites rattled windows while leaving Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday. The SpaceX rocket blasted

An international team of scientists working with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) telescopes has made a groundbreaking discovery: pulsars can be even more energetic than previously...

The reservoir could explain an old mystery: why New Zealand's earthquakes are in slow motion.