For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

The last time a dryly zany comedy from New Zealand involving fantastical shenanigans made me laugh this much, it was the original “What We Do in the Shadows.” Michael Duignan’s new film may not quite ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Few other scientific drilling ships exist – and none of this caliber. There is Japan’s Chikyū with a maximum drilling depth of 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and there was the US-owned JOIDES Resolution ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

Stanford researchers have combined machine learning with high-resolution satellite and airplane observations to understand ...