The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.

DNA analysis is considered the gold standard for identifying victims of mass fatalities. But how does it work?

The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs.

The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey ...

Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living ...

Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

Rising temperatures in the North Atlantic are slowing vital currents, but a new process in the Arctic could save the day, ...

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

Satellites have captured before-and-after images of the devastating floods in Texas, highlighting a trail of devastation on ...

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar ...

During a record-breaking flight through the sun’s corona in Dec. 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever ...