Chinese scientists claim they have made a converging energy beam weapon — but did they really, or have they been watching too ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...

Miles of air cover Earth. The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the Kármán line, is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the planet's surface. However, about 99.9% of the mass of ...

This bright green sea creature contains a toxic pigment that protects it from predators, kills bacteria and determines the ...

On Earth, the magnetic field of our planet points a compass north, but in space, things are a bit more complicated.

How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage.

Octopus filmed firing stones from her siphon from inside a clam shell like a sniper in never-before-seen behavior captured ...

Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

A five-year leak on a Russian module of the International Space Station has gotten worse over time. Now, NASA and Russia's ...

The Indian Ocean "gravity hole" is a region where Earth's mass is reduced, leading to weak gravitational pull, ...

Generative AI could saddle the planet with heaps more hazardous waste than ever before.

Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice ...