Astronomers recently discovered a strange repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts from outside our galaxy.
A SOLAR ECLIPSE this weekend will turn the Sun into a beautiful ring of fire - but how often does an eclipse occur?
The use of a tether assisted system could prevent an asteroid impacting Earth without the risk of fragmentation. Our planet exists within the vicinity of thousands...
Last year, the Advanced LIGO-VIRGO gravitational-wave detector network recorded data from 35 merging black holes and neutron stars. A great result—but what did they miss? According...
"Why do plants have thorns?" is an easy question: The thorns help protect against hungry animals that like to munch on the plants. "Where do thorns...
Astronomers have reported the first detection of X-rays from the earliest phase of evolution of a star like our Sun.
We now know that many of us are part Neanderthal, with our genes carrying traces of past encounters between our early ancestors. Now, a team of...
A team of paleontologists from the United States, Canada and Argentina has analyzed the fossilized eggs of two different non-avian dinosaurs, Protoceratops and Mussaurus, and found...
"Why do plants have thorns?" is an easy question: The thorns help protect against hungry animals that like to munch on the plants. "Where do thorns...
NASA scientists decided to explore whether — hypothetically — there are ocean planets in the Milky Way galaxy that are similar to the watery solar system...