By doubling the number of known "dark comets," astronomers have been able to split them into two camps depending on their ...

A new fossil discovery, Anadoluvius turkae, suggests human ancestors evolved in Europe, not Africa, challenging traditional ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and ...

Scientists discover Dulcibella camanchaca, a fast-swimming 4-centimeter predator amphipod in the Atacama Trench's extreme ...

Spiders, crabs, and other arthropods evolved from a group of animals that underwent a burst of diversity around 500 million ...

New research reveals a fourth planet in the Kepler-51 system, altering our understanding of this unique system with three ...

An unusual approach to spotting tiny asteroids uses James Webb Space Telescope data in a boost for planetary defense research ...

Currently, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation. So ...

What's going on in galaxy Centaurus A? NASA thought they were looking at a normal jet of particles coming out of a black hole ...

In the case of Deinococcus radiodurans, this principle plays out in dramatic fashion. The bacterium shrugs off massive doses of radiation because its proteins are shielded by manganese-based ...

Traces of ancient hot water on the Red Planet hint that Mars may have had a habitable past, new research reveals.

If you’re new to constellation identification, the best way to locate Taurus is to wait until the easily recognized ...