A layer of molten rock deep inside some rocky planets may be doing more than shaping their interiors. New research points to ...

A crack of lightning, a burst of heat, and suddenly a glowing sphere hangs in the sky like a craft from another world.

While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

Frozen crystals of hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous substance, may have been essential to life on Saturn’s moon Titan, ...

There are still more dungeons left to explore and dragons to fight, if Stranger Things goes the spinoff route!

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

Despite criticism from the scientific community, his books sold almost 70 million copies in more than 30 languages.

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia Dec. 18 at 12:03 a.m. Eastern to test a new small-satellite architecture ...

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