Animals and plants may be living in warm caves under Antarctica’s ice, according to a study. Australian researchers said that Mount Erebus, an active volcano on...
Breakthrough Listen, a $100 million project to find signs of alien life in the universe, announced Wednesday that it detected 15 powerful, repeating radio pulses coming...
The spectacular rings of Saturn may be relatively young, perhaps just 100 million years or so old. This is the early interpretation of data gathered by...
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have identified formation scenarios of black holes by observing gravitational waves. The study, published today in Nature, utilized the LIGO...
A total solar eclipse has wowed the US. A huge shadow cast by the Moon as it passed in front of the Sun swept across the...
The best locations to see Monday’s total solar eclipse are within a day’s drive of more than 200 million Americans — and the mega event could...
New research at the University of Pittsburgh suggests scientists have misunderstood the neuron communication process, specifically the dopamine release mechanism. The discovery — detailed this week...
An estimated 220 million people will watch Monday’s eclipse. For a small percentage, the phenomenon will be more than a spectacle. It will be a chance...
Paleontologists have discovered a missing link between two large and diverse dinosaur groups. When researchers first discovered Chilesaurus in 2015, they were puzzled by the dinosaur’s...
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule into space from NASA Kennedy Space Center on Monday afternoon. The launch was the company’s...
Thanks to a new computer model, planetary scientists now have a better idea of the types of chemicals hiding beneath Neptune’s icy surface. Often, scientists attempt...