Category: Science

James Webb finds a hot planet that is tidally locked with its parent star, is coated with a thick atmosphere of volatile chemicals.

Archaeologists have identified a 16th-century gallows structure and nearly a dozen mass burial pits in Grenoble, France.

The winners of the inaugural Global Space Awards were recently announced at a star-studded ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum. The event championed innovation and

A mosquito proboscis repurposed as a 3-D printing nozzle can print filaments around 20 micrometers wide, half the width of a fine human hair.

In the aftermath of slavery, white psychiatrists diagnosed Black people with “religious excitement” and claimed they were unfit for freedom.

Webb’s image of the enormous stellar jet in Sh2-284 provides evidence that protostellar jets scale with the mass of their parent stars—the more massive the

Scientists have discovered that over half a mile of DNA could hold over 360,000 terabytes of data.

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 billion more over the

A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our

Our curated list of Christmas gifts for seasoned hikers, backpackers, dedicated birdwatchers and other outdoor enthusiasts.

People with anxiety or insomnia tend to have weaker immunity. The decline of a key immune cell may be a culprit.

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR’s Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by heating up and glowing in the infrared.