Space

For millennia, humans have seen inexplicable things in the sky. Some have been beautiful, some have been terrifying, and some […]

NASA’s Perseverance rover has bagged its first hint of ancient microbes on Mars. “We’re not able to say that this

The star marking true north is a good deal heavier than we thought. The North Star is 5.1 times as

In planet formation, as in poker, you have to play the hand you’re dealt. If an Earthlike planet is the

A chemical element that’s not even in H2O — sulfur — is the reason Earth first got its water, a

In the science-fiction series Dune, the desert-dwelling Fremen of the arid planet Arrakis recycle their body’s moisture using specially designed

Opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen.

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you

As more and more species near extinction, scientists have been collecting samples from animals, plants and other creatures and storing

Contrary to a previous report, there’s no evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, the Milky Way’s most