Using the world's most powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has found a massive galaxy that consists ...

The smaller the pond, the higher the concentration of carbon dioxide and methane, new research shows. Although ponds ...

A new study urges scientists to move their focus from species extinction to species rarity in order to ...

The shape of a lost habitat goes a long way toward predicting the future of species extinction and ...

Astronomers have found a galaxy with a heartbeat—and they’ve taken its pulse.

To answer a 40-year-old question about Arctic ice thickness, scientists have treated the ice floes of the frozen ...

The economic gap between the rich and poor becomes even wider when the inequality becomes visible, report researchers.

Powerful cosmic winds can blow through galaxies, sweeping out interstellar material and stopping future star formation.

Quasars emit a light as bright as that of one trillion stars. Scientists think they get their energy ...

Traces of methane have been discovered in Martian meteorites, causing researchers to speculate if that methane could feed ...

A galaxy first spotted in images from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes is one of the earliest ...

A new smartphone case is lightweight, thin, harder than steel, and as easy to shape as plastic. What's ...

A new smartphone case is lightweight, thin, harder than steel, and as easy to shape as plastic. What’s ...

Physicists have chilled molecules to almost absolute zero using lasers fired from an apparatus they built in the ...

People tend to pick friends who resemble them genetically. A new study shows how close friends usually are ...