The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around it, astronomers hope to better understand how solar systems like our own ...

Expedition Killer Whale" reveals an hour-long lesson where adult orca teach calves how to hunt seals off Antarctica.

Unusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite images show the extent of this transformation.

The discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

Trovants are rocks that grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater. Romania is home to a cluster of trovants that inspired ...

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even ...

Scientists are studying the vaginal microbiome in populations all around the world to see how it might differ in different ...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

A new virus related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say ...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021 ...

Scientists have pinpointed nearly 300 "hotspots" in the human genome that may increase the risk of bipolar disorder. In the ...