This is a lot for lovers of the night sky; there is only one little caveat. The six-planet alignment is happening before dawn ...

These can range from the interesting (such as the donut-shaped rock which may not be from the planet) to the silly (hello, ...

However, those who claim to have seen Nessie rarely report hoops or even humps. In fact, only 1.5 percent of Nessie reports ...

T he oldest government computer still in operation today is over 25 billion kilometers from Earth, and despite ...

In the first one, Profumo focuses on the possibility of dark matter as a consequence of the expansion of the universe. The ...

T he largest wildfire currently burning in the US is sweeping through Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, scorching more ...

It’s common for areas of open water to appear within sea ice, to the extent that the phenomenon has a name: a polynya.

Classical physics taught that light waves pass through each other unaffected, but quantum mechanics couldn’t resist the ...

A mid its towering ice sheets, Antarctica conceals a fiery secret, a landscape dotted with volcanoes. Most remain dormant, ...

W avy Dave the robot crustacean has been showing scientists how male fiddler crabs respond when they see a fellow crab waving. Famous for their enormous claws, the team made Wavy Dave blend in by ...

Gaps in the forest canopy caused by logging roads have isolated species, but these eye-wateringly high bridges provide a solution.

If you were to go strolling at night in the right part of New Zealand, you just might be blessed by a visit from one of nature’s most delectable-looking gastropods: the pickle s ...