Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a super-Earth potentially capable of sustaining life, occupying an eccentric orbit around its star that oscillates in and out of the habitable zone.

Spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs) are nanoscale spintronic devices that convert direct current into high-frequency microwave signals through spin wave auto-oscillations. This is a type of nonlinear ...

Scientists have cast doubt on the reliability of America's most celebrated rodent forecaster—whose apparent knack of predicting how long winter will last forms a hallowed tradition in the United ...

In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to ...

New research reveals the surprising ways atmospheric winds influence ocean eddies, shaping the ocean's weather patterns in ...

NASA's commercial partners have mounted a vigorous defense of the Artemis moon mission plans amid the specter of changes from ...

The Earth's atmosphere has strengthened its ability to remove air pollutants, including the potent climate-warming gas ...