New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

A pair of 14,000-year-old "puppies" found melting out of the permafrost in Siberia have undergone genetic testing, proving ...

As a result, purple and magenta are known as "nonspectral" colors, because they don't really exist as actual electromagnetic ...

Space weather experts warn that a "moderate" geomagnetic storm could rock Earth over the weekend, potentially lighting the ...

These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a ...

Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting ...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter ...

A new proof-of-concept study explored the feasibility of tracking the evolution of superbug infections in real time to help ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant ...