Flaring stars, black hole outbursts and gamma-rays are just some of the cosmic exotica that Einstein Probe will hunt for.

The Cave of Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico, is buried almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) beneath Earth's surface and contains ...

Infections can trigger pregnancy complications, and now, new miniature versions of the placenta are helping show why.

A new type of hybrid sodium-ion battery that offers both high capacity and rapid-charging capabilities could power mobile ...

A pair of odd twisters spun out from a supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma Tuesday (April 30). An ultra-rare backward-spinning ...

The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.

A Roman-era shipwreck on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca was carrying a cargo of highly prized fish sauce when it sank around 1,700 years ago, a new study finds.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the exoplanet WASP-43b reveal that the hot gas giant is tidally locked, meaning one side permanently faces its sun while the other always stares out into ...

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Scientists built a "smart filter" that can work with a cheap smartphone camera to transform low-resolution photos into ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's possible detection of biological chemicals on the exoplanet K2-18b may just have been methane gas, a new study cautions. Planned follow-up observations could solve the ...

A study of mice starts to unravel how the brain gets tricked by this kind of optical illusion, and it gives clues about how ...