Researchers collect trace DNA from ‘Holy Child’ drawing and letters written by Italian polymath’s ancestor

If NASA’s schedule holds — a big if — humanity will launch on its return to the moon in a matter of weeks.

An image of comet 3I/ATLAS captured in November 2025 shows it glowing a green hue, revealing the effects of its close approach to our Sun.

The world’s longest-living vertebrates maintain their vision for centuries.

“This is a tale of a failed galaxy.”

A solar conjunction occurs as Venus’ orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth.

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest known evidence of butchery of the giant herbivores

An expedition earlier this year to the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan retrieved two ice cores from a glacier that seems to be perplexingly increasing in size.

The earliest acoustic vibrations in the cosmos weren’t exactly sound – they travelled at half the speed of light and there was nobody around to hear them anyway. But Jim Baggott says from the first moments, the universe was singing

The particle in question, known as a sterile neutrino, was supposed to only interact with gravity and have zero interactions with matter.

Antarctica’s New Year’s celebration is unlike any other: every January 1 scientists physically move the South Pole. This is why

Scientists have found the best evidence yet for long-predicted “failed galaxies”

Not all animals from prehistory were monsters, some would even have made great pets…

Flying a drone with Petri dishes above exhaling whales helped scientists identify a dangerous pathogen that can damage the animals’ respiratory, immune and nervous systems

Brewing byproduct may be a key sustainable secret ingredient.

Did mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers and other Ice Age megafauna face a similar, impact-induced fate to the dinosaurs? That’s what new evidence may be starting to suggest…

Mummies found so far date back 66 million years, a time when predatory giants were roaming Wyoming’s Badlands.

A new study suggests that the bottom of the icy moon’s ocean doesn’t have what it takes.

“The Chinese will be ahead of everyone else by at least one year, but probably several years.”

Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experiment

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak has just shattered a longstanding limit in nuclear plasma density.

For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth orbit, but that will change this year. Could it be the start of a thriving economy in space?

The star undergoes mysterious dimming around once every 2,100 days. Siwarha may be the culprit.

The animal-headed bronze instrument, called a carnyx, was used by Celtic tribes across Europe to inspire their warriors in battle.

Wild theories about the wardrobe changes of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following his capture claim the operation was nothing but a Hollywood-style show.

This breakthrough in plasma stability brings the dream of endless energy even closer.

‘Little Foot’ was almost certainly one species… until it wasn’t.

With human help, the mammals can defy ‘the world’s most fundamental natural boundaries.’

The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, showing the Greenland ice sheet’s vulnerability

Scientists hope understanding coyote widowhood will someday help humans in their own grief.

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth.

New research reveals that orcas around the island of Hokkaido can be split into two distinct forms, offering conservationists important information that can help protect the animals.

A galaxy cluster in the early universe is 10 times hotter than it ought to be, which may reshape how we think these enormous structures formed

Could exotic topologies explain the mysteries of the cosmos?

Giant atoms, artificial atoms larger than the interacting wavelength of light, exhibit decoherence-free behavior, but what happens if you arrange these giant atoms in groups themselves?

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars.

Scientists detected gas at least five times hotter than previous theories had predicted inside a galaxy cluster from the early universe

Scientists observed an active region on the sun for a record 94 days, marking a “milestone in solar physics”

Most vertebrates have tails, so why don’t we? Here’s everything you need to know about why humans have evolved to be tail-free

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly simple chemistry.

If nothing else, she’ll have quite the story to tell the grandpups.

The amazing variety of plant reproductive systems.

A growing fleet of privately built spacecraft is preparing to attempt robotic landings on the moon as humanity’s exploration efforts expand.

Astronomers discovered a primeval star, the most pristine ever found. The star is thought to be a relic from the Universe’s earliest days.

A scientific study suggests that Earth’s water came from a collision between the proto-Earth and another planet.

What is cleverness? Do animals need a brain to be clever? Leoma Williams investigates…

First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged downpours and flash flooding.

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

The mystery of the lifespan of Greenland sharks has finally been unveiled thanks to new research.