Category: Science

The most powerful solar flare of 2025 has launched a ball of energy toward Earth that could trigger widespread auroras across the northern half of

Think you know a lot about jewels? Can you make this whole quiz shimmer?

A 2025 satellite photo captures the stark contrast between the barren Poás volcano and the surrounding Costa Rican jungle. The volcano’s super-acidic lake provides the

Astronomers at South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope have detected the first radio waves coming from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. But while this sounds suspiciously like

Comet 3I/ATLAS appears to be normal and intact, despite some reports that the interstellar visitor exploded after its brush with the sun.

Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an “exceptionally rare” trait among toads and

The Bumper V-2 launches from Cape Canaveral in this July 24, 1950, photo.

The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had “unexpectedly low” levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human relatives.

The Leonids peak overnight Nov. 16-17, offering up to 15 meteors per hour under dark, moonless skies.

A new kind of processor that uses microwaves can be used in future AI systems or in wireless communications, a new study shows.

In California, the state veterinarian banned chicken shows to limit the spread of bird flu. That left county fairs across the state devoid of chickens

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

Two voids found on the eastern face of Menkaure’s pyramid may indicate the presence of a second entrance.

Astronomers using data from ESA’s Euclid and Herschel space telescopes have confirmed that star formation has already peaked in the cosmos, and that the universe