If you want to stand out at your next metal gig, don't settle for a spot of color in a sea of black – go ultrablack instead.

Researchers studying Yellowstone’s depths discovered that small earthquakes can recharge underground microbial life.

This infrared view offers the clearest look yet at how dwarf galaxies merge, evolve, trade gas and ignite waves of new stars.

An increasing number of people experience fear, discomfort, or disgust toward nature—a phenomenon known as biophobia.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the "Goldilocks zone"—a distance where water on its surface is theoretically possibl…

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy. Exactly what these dark components are remains a mystery, but they have a tremendous impact on our universe, with dark matter exerting…

DNA found in cave sediments is helping scientists unlock secrets of the Ice Age, offering unprecedented insights into ancient ecosystems and human history.

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets. Using advanced numerical models, the team systematically classified for the first time six distinct planetary tectonic regimes. Their wor…

There's a new dinosaur species on the block. An international team, including a biologist from Penn State Lehigh Valley, discovered that a 75-million-year-old fossil classified as a different dinosaur is its own massive, duck-billed species. Working with the …

Scientists captured rare footage of the seven-arm octopus, revealing its mysterious behavior and its role in deep-sea ecosystems.

The simple act of breathing shapes how and when memories are successfully retrieved.

The aurora could be visible from some northern states on Thursday, forecasters said.

The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth in a moonless night sky.

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, billions of stars and their attendant planets. The universe teems with huge, spectacular objects, and it might seem like these massive obje…

Scientists have uncovered light’s magnetic influence, revealing a surprising connection that could revolutionize technology.

Wildlife continually surprises us in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Dogs left behind that escaped execution survived and bred. Frogs evolved darker skin to protect themselves from the damaging radiation. Now,…

A boiling sea of quarks and gluons, including virtual ones—this is how we can imagine the main phase of high-energy proton collisions. It would seem that particles here have significantly more opportunities to evolve than when less numerous and much "better-b…

The past few months, we’ve been giving you a quick rundown of the various ways ores form underground; now the time has come to bring that surface-level understanding to surface-level processes. Str…

A new theory for the origins of dark matter suggests that fast-moving, neutrino-like dark particles could have decoupled from Standard Model particles far earlier than previous theories had suggested.

Scientists are excited over a recent discovery of "black mesas" in the Sahara desert that appear to be hundreds of millions of years old. The are was...

We measure our lifespan in units of years — the time it takes the Earth to circle the Sun. Since the Sun was born, the Earth completed 4.6…

A groundbreaking 3D imaging study has reignited fierce debate over one of history’s most sacred relics. New digital evidence points to a surprising origin that could upend centuries of belief—and it’s not what most people expect.

On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission. From its outpost 1.5 million km away from Earth in the direction of…

A small star named M82 X-2 breaks physical barriers, as NASA's NuSTAR confirms it shines 10 million times brighter than the Sun.