Geologists set Turkmenistan's Darvaza gas crater ablaze in 1971, thinking the fire would die down within a few weeks, but the pit is still burning 53 years later. | Continue reading
Patients with early-stage ovarian cancer may have detectable changes in the immune cells in their blood. | Continue reading
A new analysis of the brains of 800 people has revealed that there may be six distinct types of depression, with potential implications for treatment. | Continue reading
Does a person's sex make a difference in how they react to temperature changes? Here's the science. | Continue reading
New research offers the most precise measurements yet of pulsating Cepheid stars, which could reveal new clues about the immense size and scale of our universe. | Continue reading
Four AI models uncovered a human interloper in a startling viral video. But what can it teach us about intelligence? | Continue reading
"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice. | Continue reading
Strange stars clustered near the Milky Way's center are much younger than theory predicts is possible. New research suggests their youth could actually be eternal — and fueled by annihilating dark matter. | Continue reading
The time of the annual summer solstice will be the earliest it's been for centuries and will continue to creep forward every leap year until 2100. But why? | Continue reading
A newly identified dinosaur with large, ornate horns on its massive head shield has been named after a famous Norse god who sported a similar headpiece in recent Marvel movies. | Continue reading
Footage shows the record-breaking TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubik's Cube so fast that it appears to happen in a single move. But in reality, advanced AI is helping it rapidly turn the puzzle's colored panels in an imperceptibly fast sequence. | Continue reading
Astronomers may be watching a supermassive black hole "waking up" from a long slumber for the first time ever. The researchers think the black hole may have gotten its hands on a glut of new material to devour, causing an uptick in brightness. | Continue reading
NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a bizarrely light-toned boulder on Mars, the likes of which have never been seen before. | Continue reading
Two superluminous quasars, or active black holes at the centers of large galaxies, were found just 900 million years after the Big Bang — the earliest detection of a pair of merging quasars ever seen. | Continue reading
A new analysis of inexplicably young stars orbiting extremely close to the Milky Way's black hole heart reveals that they orbit around the gigantic structure in a surprisingly organized way, similar to swarming insects like bees. | Continue reading
Ugandan lion brothers Jacob and Tibu were filmed swimming a mile across the Kazinga Channel in Uganda — the longest swim ever recorded for the species —after getting their "butts kicked" by rival males. | Continue reading
Researchers examining the wall of a ceremonial tomb in Benin found proteins that could have come only from human blood. | Continue reading
New research suggests that runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet could prevent icebergs from disrupting key ocean currents. But some scientists have cautioned that other factors may be at play. | Continue reading
A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation, lengthening our days. | Continue reading
Eight stone catapult shots used during the siege of Kenilworth Castle, which lasted 172 days in the 13th century, were unearthed in "perfect" condition. | Continue reading
Researchers have retrieved hundreds of artifacts, including porcelain items, copper coins and ornate pieces of pottery. | Continue reading
A new study suggests an earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.5 or 8 shook the Indian subcontinent 2,500 years ago, changing the course of the Ganges. | Continue reading
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that a distant protostar is actually a pair of baby binary stars that are spitting out parallel energy jets as they gobble up giant disks of gas and dust. | Continue reading
Does the wallet-friendly BlueAir Blue Pure 411i Max air purifier live up to expectations? | Continue reading
A rare giant hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore Gearhart beach in Oregon could be the largest of its species ever sampled. | Continue reading
A manuscript written in the fourth or fifth century describes how Jesus brought clay birds to life as a child. | Continue reading
From flying cars and railguns to smartphones and jetpacks — what was once sci-fi can now be found in the real world. | Continue reading
Fast radio bursts erupt in the sky around 10,000 times a day, but scientists still struggle to explain them. New research could put astronomers one step closer to a solution. | Continue reading
Records of orcas hunting sharks in the Gulf of California are on the rise, as experts say we may have underestimated how much this happens. | Continue reading
June's full "Strawberry Moon" rises one day after the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. This will be the lowest full moon of the year. | Continue reading
Many of the silver and bronze coins were minted during the Gallus Revolt during the Roman era. | Continue reading
While navigating a remotely operated vehicle in the Gulf of California, scientists spotted a brooding squid cradling translucent eggs. | Continue reading
The Voyager I spacecraft went haywire last year, but NASA engineers say they have finally fixed its data transmission systems and are receiving usable signals from all four science instruments. | Continue reading
The male Y chromosome in humans is evolving faster than the X. Scientists have now discovered the same trend in six species of primate. | Continue reading
The appearance this week of the three bright Summer Triangle stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how to spot them. | Continue reading
Researchers have developed an imaging chip for mobile devices that uses high-frequency radio waves to ‘see’ through objects. | Continue reading
When the sun reaches its period of peak activity, known as solar maximum, our star's magentic field will suddenly reverse. But why does it happen, and will it impact Earth? | Continue reading
Save $300 with this Garmin Enduro 2 fitness tracker deal at Amazon right now and bag one of the best fitness smartwatches for less. | Continue reading
Gum is full of non-food items, like resins, emulsifiers and softeners. So what happens when we swallow a piece? | Continue reading
This 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago highlights the beautiful concentric rings of color in the ice, which stand out against the islands' barren landscape. | Continue reading
New research shows it's possible to use ultrasound waves to monitor activity in the human brain. | Continue reading
From chatbots giving truly terrible health advice to facial recognition software incorrectly flagging members of congress as criminals, here are some of the most catastrophic mistakes artificial intelligence has ever made. | Continue reading
Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, 'Earthrise' is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken. | Continue reading
Earth's day used to be five hours shorter, and it's predicted to continue lengthening over time. | Continue reading
A powerful solar storm in May 2024 created auroras on Mars and provided scientists with crucial information that could aid future crewed missions to the Red Planet. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered two 16th-century toddler burials with evidence of smallpox, indicating that the foreign illness spread quickly with European contact. | Continue reading
Qinling pandas were officially recognized as a subspecies in 2005, but the mystery of their brown fur was only resolved almost two decades later. | Continue reading
The baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood. | Continue reading