The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Paleontology may be entering another great era of discovery: characterized by serial misidentification in decades past.

Our Red Planet explorers may encounter a peculiar threat.

Liftoff occurred at 2:28 a.m. EDT on Wednesday (July 2).

Over the course of its 4.5-billion-year history, the Earth has witnessed its fair share of terrible times…

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new super-Earth exoplanet that orbits a nearby M dwarf star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-1846 b, is about two times larger and four t…

A study shows that tennis is superior for reducing all-cause mortality – here's how it compares to other sports, and why it's so good.

The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a vast trove of fossils.

V572 Velorum is currently shining at magnitude +4.8, about 55,000 times brighter than usual. It was discovered on June 25 from Australia.

: Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic material from the ground up.

Ancient limestones reveal how volcanic carbon once suffocated the oceans - offering a stark warning as modern oxygen levels continue to drop.

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient condiments.

The infrared matters a lot when viewing many galaxies.

"To see thin stellar disks already in place 8 billion years ago, or even earlier, was surprising."

John Peoples was asked in the mid-1990s about the value of doing pure scientific research — that which has no predetermined benefit. “Knowledge is a form of wealth,” he replied. “It is an inve...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts off for thousands of years.

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

How did mammals evolve to walk upright? New fossil evidence reveals unexpected twists in this complex journey.

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they're tasting chemical cues from microbes that grow on the surface of objects like dead crabs and living octopus eggs.

Earth’s magnetic field and oxygen levels are tied together? NASA’s discovery could change everything...

CARNAC, FRANCE—The southern coast of the French region of Brittany is home to one of […]