There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M82589933 and contains more than 24 million digits. | Continue reading
China has denied that one of their rockets crashed into the moon's surface in 2022, leaving mysterious twin craters behind, but new research adds fresh evidence to the debate. | Continue reading
Divers off the coast of Naples, Italy have recovered a large chunk of chiseled obsidian that likely went down in a Stone Age shipwreck more than 5,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Almost two weeks after the town of Grindavík was evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption, the magma dike beneath Iceland still poses a high risk, with earthquakes and ground deformation ongoing. | Continue reading
A new series of experiments has shown that the mysterious "E-prime layer," which surrounds Earth's outer core, is created by water that leaks deep into our planet's interior. | Continue reading
The research challenges the idea that languages from prehistoric Mexico spread along with maize farming in California. | Continue reading
U.K. regulators have approved the use of a CRISPR therapy called Casgevy to treat two inherited blood disorders. But what is it and how does it work? | Continue reading
The popular home treadmill gets up to 12mph, folds for easy storage, and has a 10-inch display with the JRNY workout app built in. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a cosmic 'peanut' and 'fluff ball' that happen to be two of the four oldest galaxies in the known universe. | Continue reading
In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs. | Continue reading
The Bowflex SelectTech 840 is just $119, combines six kettlebells into one, and comes with a two-month subscription to the JRNY workout app. | Continue reading
DeepMind's new machine learning algorithm takes less than a minute to make its forecasts and can run on a desktop. But it won't replace traditional forecasts anytime soon. | Continue reading
A massive sunspot region made up of at least six different sunspot groups has emerged on the sun's nearside. The "archipelago" of dark patches is spitting out solar storms at an alarming rate and Earth will soon be in the firing line. | Continue reading
The latest and most violent eruption of the cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which will make its long-awaited closest approach to Earth next year, shows that the icy object may have lost its iconic devil horns for good. | Continue reading
Researchers have filmed a pair of young ocean sunfish off Canada's coast and estimated them to measure 24 inches across — five times smaller than the size they reach in adulthood. | Continue reading
The newly discovered water mass, called the Atlantic Equatorial Water, stretches from Brazil to West Africa. | Continue reading
Fossil enthusiast John Kreatsoulas thought the artifact was a log, before he realized he was holding a bone from the last ice age. | Continue reading
New research finds that certain large exoplanets are shrinking due to internal processes, creating an abundance of rocky 'super-Earths'. | Continue reading
A new DNA study suggests that the lost realm of Punt and the port city of Adulis may have been in the same place, separated by time. | Continue reading
Civil War weapons, including an unexploded ordnance, were found during a cleanup project in a South Carolina river. | Continue reading
The more than 3,000-year-old site along a riverbank in Serbia contains the footprints of dozens of Bronze Age structures. | Continue reading
Researchers recorded the movements of ocean predators and found many diving to depths of over 3,200 feet for reasons that are currently unclear. | Continue reading
Save a whopping $200 on the sleek Garmin Venu 2S smartwatch ahead of Black Friday. | Continue reading
SpaceX's next-generation Starship megarocket launched on its second-ever test flight this Saturday (Nov. 18), but exploded in a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly.' | Continue reading
A hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a massive chain of 20 galaxies in the early universe, raising questions about the formation of the largest structures in the cosmos. | Continue reading
The Red Planet has reached solar conjunction as its orbit takes it to the far side of the sun and out of sight. NASA's Mars robots are on their own until Nov. 25. | Continue reading
The Bowflex SelectTech 1090 is less than $300 right now, ranges from 10 lbs up to 90 lbs, and comes with a two-month subscription to the JRNY workout app. | Continue reading
The length of a second depends on how you're measuring it. | Continue reading
Nov. 19, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
The Gemini South telescope captured the chaotic aftermath of a billion-year-old collision between two spiral galaxies — and their super-close supermassive black holes. | Continue reading
Why are dogs, especially puppies, in endless pursuit of their tails? | Continue reading
Declines in measles vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic have been tied to an uptick in measles cases, deaths and major outbreaks worldwide. | Continue reading
Arabian sand boas live in deserts on the Arabian Peninsula, where they lie buried in the sand with only their derpy eyes peeking out as they wait for prey. | Continue reading
Scientists have spotted an aurora signal caused by electrons accelerating through a sunspot on our star's surface for the first time ever. | Continue reading
Do these tundra-inhabiting rodents actually jump to their deaths as depicted in a 1958 wildlife documentary? | Continue reading
Hundreds of endoscopy patients at a Massachusetts hospital were potentially exposed to blood-borne pathogens, the health care facility reported. | Continue reading
During ongoing excavations at Claterna, an ancient Roman site in Italy known as the "Pompeii of the North," archaeologists unearthed 3,000 coins and 50 gems. | Continue reading
Liftoff of SpaceX's enormous Starship is currently scheduled for Nov. 18, during a 20-minute window that opens at 8 a.m. ET. | Continue reading
Clouds of silicate sand exist high in exoplanet WASP-107b's atmosphere, new James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal. | Continue reading
Researchers may have finally figured out how fast-spinning black holes lose energy in the form of enormous energy jets after taking a closer look at the supermassive black hole M87*. | Continue reading
Magma building beneath Iceland may break through the surface in a volcanic eruption, sending lava flows toward the Blue Lagoon, the Svartsengi geothermal power plant and the town of Grindavík. | Continue reading
Scientists have created headphones that let users pick the sounds they want to listen to or block out, thanks to a new AI algorithm that could lead to "superhuman hearing". | Continue reading
The AI-powered personal trainer uses a camera to track your form and suggests adjustments and technique guidance to get the most from your workouts. | Continue reading
Scientists just observed Mars' eerie green nightglow in the visible light spectrum for the very first time. | Continue reading
Dolphins in Koombana Bay, Western Australia, have learned how to raid crab pots being used for bait and remove the hooks, footage has revealed. | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen hydrothermal vent teeming with life off the Galápagos Islands by following a long trail of squat lobsters. | Continue reading
Last summer, a Harvard professor claimed tiny pellets of iron came from beyond our solar system. But new analyses suggest that they likely originated much closer to home. | Continue reading