Category: Science

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.

Discover interesting facts about the different types of bears and learn why not all bears hibernate.

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being “decimated” by the Trump administration’s cuts to research. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago)

Leaders from rural communities in eight states travelled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that’s threatened by the Trump administration. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

You don’t need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family.

U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed ‘half ice, half fire,’ which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet.

Thomas Ozoroski, a researcher at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, takes icing accretion measurements in October 2024 as part of transonic truss-braced wing concept research. Researchers at NASA Glenn conducted another test campaign in March 2025.

The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it’s biggest rival a huge leg up?

Lava bursts through Grindavík’s defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Why matter dominates over antimatter in our universe has long been a major cosmic mystery to physicists. A new finding by the world’s largest particle collider has revealed a clue.

The best cameras for aspiring photographers who want to take a step up from their smartphones — whether you want to photograph the night sky, wildlife or the world around you.