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A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the wo...

Microsoft scientists have created a quantum processor that taps into a rare state of matter that was first theorized in the 1930s, paving th...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans, scientists sa...

A metal sword broken into three pieces may be evidence of a Germanic warrior's burial from the Roman Empire.

A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed a surprising finding.

Here's everything you need to know about how to see the first "blood moon" total lunar eclipse since 2022, and the only one visible from Nor...

NASA has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, up from 1 in 42 as reported in previous calcu...

Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among Black children...

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that help sea creature...

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the James Webb Space...

Spotting artifacts in the U.S. is common, but archaeologists want you to leave them in place.

Prospective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical assessment needed for a long-term stay on the IS...

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos...

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may hav...

By combining digital and analog quantum simulation into a new hybrid approach, scientists have already started to make fresh scientific disc...

Do you know a lot about the ancient Egyptian dead, or do you need to ask your mummy?

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sparking bizarre ru...

Kentucky is battling devastating floods after another powerful winter storm hit the eastern U.S. over the weekend, leaving at least 10 peopl...

"I think both of us will be a little bit sad when that feeling of space sort of leaves us."

Presidents day sale: Get the Celestron NexStar 130SLT computerized telescope for under $500 at Amazon — that's the cheapest we've seen it si...

Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in uprecedented detai...

Lidar has fully revealed a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico.

"There is reason to have confidence in upward trajectory of the space economy."

NASA's Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had open water for...

A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.