Uranus, our side-spinning planet of rebellion, liberation, and chaos with a capital C, swaps the placid materialist pastures ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

Somewhere between Google Earth glitches and ancient prophecy, a new kind of internet mystery has taken hold. It doesn’t come ...

Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its ...

D models of sharks reveal that their body shape scales with geometric precision, supporting a core biological law across size ...

"While orbiting 400 kilometres above Earth, Ayers witnessed an unusual phenomenon. A vibrant sprite, a type of Transient ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

The universe may be vast, but researchers have multiple points of evidence that reveal its shape.

As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s ...

Long known only as the site of Napoleon’s exile, Saint Helena is in fact a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, dramatic ...

Whether a science-fiction fable with a relevant message about society or a morality play with a devious twist, The Twilight ...

During the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in public school, modern science clashed with religion. Its effects helped ...