Permafrost detachment slides involve large slabs of frozen earth thawing from below and then sliding downhill.

Designed to study the powerful outbursts, the Swift Observatory quickly contributed to a wide range of discoveries. Now, it's ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory is shedding new light on the faraway regions by Neptune and beyond, including possible solar ...

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Beautiful ripples drew Víctor Ortega Jiménez to feeding flamingos. Unraveling their secret could inspire new ways to filter ...

Most comets would have hit Earth with too much speed and at too sharp an angle for life-giving molecules to survive impact, a ...

Madagascan flying foxes aren’t as mighty as they were 150 years ago. The big bats have shrunk, possibly due to selective ...

GPS tracking reveals fast east-west flights lead to a mismatch between birds' internal time and the sun’s position, skewing ...

Everyday Earth clouds get their start with a bit of salt or dust. Not so the Red Planet's Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, ...

Guidelines for designing coasters don’t reflect the latest science about what types of movement the brain can withstand.

The first estimate of CTE prevalence across the NFL suggests 75 percent of players may suffer from the neurodegenerative ...

This year’s photomicrography contest captured the wonders of the very small, from flying ink droplets to the most adorable ...