Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has split into three large fragments, now visible to observers using an eight-inch (20 cm) telescope or larger. Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi captured images showing the nucleus separ...
Andrea Stöllner and colleagues used laser optical tweezers to trap a single silica particle and monitor how it...
Summary: NASA has released images showing surface features of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, but Harvard as...
Perseverance has detected a bright, metallic rock called Phippsaksla near Jezero crater with unusually high ir...
Researchers analyzed nearly 20,000 iNaturalist photos and found that raccoons in densely populated counties ha...
The internal nasal bones of a well-preserved Neanderthal skull from Altamura, Italy, lack two delicate feature...
Retired anthropologist Gregory Forth argues that stories from Flores Island and fossil evidence could allow fo...
Quick take: Three taikonauts — Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang — remain aboard the Tiangong space station...
Using JWST and gravitational lensing, astronomers have identified compelling candidates for Population III — the universe’s first stars — in galaxy LAP1-B , more than 13 billion light-years away. The magnified ...
What happened: Pilot and photographer Matt Melnyk photographed vivid northern lights from 36,000 feet during a...
Researchers analyzed more than 300 Aspidorhynchus fossils from Late Jurassic German deposits and identified 10...
Summer Worden pleaded guilty to making false statements after accusing astronaut Anne McClain of accessing her...
A NOAA ROV recovered a soft, golden orb about 10 cm across from 3,300 meters beneath the Alaskan sea. Observer...
The Solnhofen limestone preserves many Aspidorhynchus fossils often found as decapitated heads still attached ...
The December 2025 full moon — known as the cold moon — is a supermoon peaking on Dec. 4 at 6:14 p.m. ET , appe...
Researchers led by Molly Message at King’s College London built a heat engine from a single 4.82 μm silica par...
NASA has released new images and measurements of 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet traveling at exceptional speed and possibly as large as Manhattan. Observations from Mars orbiters, Hubble and JWST show a coma u...
The study in the Journal of Human Behavior and Evolution Society traces lip‑to‑lip contact back to about 21.5–...
Key point: Phylogenetic analysis and extensive simulations suggest non‑aggressive mouth‑to‑mouth contact likel...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified an unusually shaped, roughly 31‑inch (79 cm) rock in Jezero Crater ni...
Researchers led by Zhengqi Chen found that human fingertips can detect objects buried in sand by sensing tiny ...
Researchers from the University of Oxford conclude that kissing likely originated 17–21 million years ago in t...
New 3D simulations show that rapidly rotating, magnetized stellar cores can form accretion disks whose magneti...
Researchers compared online recordings of birds imitating R2‑D2 to measure how accurately different species re...
The LROC team has reported a newly discovered 72‑foot (22‑meter) crater just north of Römer crater, likely formed between December 2009 and December 2012. Nicknamed a "freckle," the impact produced bright, sunb...
This episode stitches together four curious science-adjacent stories: Andy, a goose born without feet who was ...
Cold Moon (final supermoon of 2025) peaks on Dec. 4 at 6:14 p.m. local time and should appear slightly larger ...
The 12th annual Planting Seeds of Opportunity STEM Career Day will bring more than 1,000 ninth-graders to the ...
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has split into three large fragments, now visible to observers using an eight-inch (20 cm) telescope or larger. Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi captured images showing the nucleus separ...
Andrea Stöllner and colleagues used laser optical tweezers to trap a single silica particle and monitor how it...
Summary: NASA has released images showing surface features of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, but Harvard as...
Perseverance has detected a bright, metallic rock called Phippsaksla near Jezero crater with unusually high ir...
Researchers analyzed nearly 20,000 iNaturalist photos and found that raccoons in densely populated counties ha...
The internal nasal bones of a well-preserved Neanderthal skull from Altamura, Italy, lack two delicate feature...
Retired anthropologist Gregory Forth argues that stories from Flores Island and fossil evidence could allow fo...
Quick take: Three taikonauts — Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang — remain aboard the Tiangong space station...
Using JWST and gravitational lensing, astronomers have identified compelling candidates for Population III — the universe’s first stars — in galaxy LAP1-B , more than 13 billion light-years away. The magnified ...
What happened: Pilot and photographer Matt Melnyk photographed vivid northern lights from 36,000 feet during a...
Researchers analyzed more than 300 Aspidorhynchus fossils from Late Jurassic German deposits and identified 10...
Summer Worden pleaded guilty to making false statements after accusing astronaut Anne McClain of accessing her...
A NOAA ROV recovered a soft, golden orb about 10 cm across from 3,300 meters beneath the Alaskan sea. Observer...
The Solnhofen limestone preserves many Aspidorhynchus fossils often found as decapitated heads still attached ...
The December 2025 full moon — known as the cold moon — is a supermoon peaking on Dec. 4 at 6:14 p.m. ET , appe...
Researchers led by Molly Message at King’s College London built a heat engine from a single 4.82 μm silica par...
NASA has released new images and measurements of 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet traveling at exceptional speed and possibly as large as Manhattan. Observations from Mars orbiters, Hubble and JWST show a coma u...
The study in the Journal of Human Behavior and Evolution Society traces lip‑to‑lip contact back to about 21.5–...
Key point: Phylogenetic analysis and extensive simulations suggest non‑aggressive mouth‑to‑mouth contact likel...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified an unusually shaped, roughly 31‑inch (79 cm) rock in Jezero Crater ni...
Researchers led by Zhengqi Chen found that human fingertips can detect objects buried in sand by sensing tiny ...
Researchers from the University of Oxford conclude that kissing likely originated 17–21 million years ago in t...
New 3D simulations show that rapidly rotating, magnetized stellar cores can form accretion disks whose magneti...
Researchers compared online recordings of birds imitating R2‑D2 to measure how accurately different species re...
The LROC team has reported a newly discovered 72‑foot (22‑meter) crater just north of Römer crater, likely formed between December 2009 and December 2012. Nicknamed a "freckle," the impact produced bright, sunb...
This episode stitches together four curious science-adjacent stories: Andy, a goose born without feet who was ...
Cold Moon (final supermoon of 2025) peaks on Dec. 4 at 6:14 p.m. local time and should appear slightly larger ...
The 12th annual Planting Seeds of Opportunity STEM Career Day will bring more than 1,000 ninth-graders to the ...