With just a splash of color, the red planet's horizons can look remarkably like our own – blue skies and all. A 360-degree ...

The source of the shower is periodic comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Discovered by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle in July ...

For 75,000 years, the remnants of a diverse ecosystem of Ice Age animals have lain hidden in the shelter of Arne Qvam Cave in Norway.

"Sick building syndrome" is the general name for symptoms that can develop after spending extended periods of time in ...

Theoretically, there's no limit to how massive a black hole could grow. In practical terms, other constraints, such as the ...

Humans may be living longer on average these days, but, even so, only a fraction of us will live to see our 100th birthday.

The genes of great white sharks defy scientific explanation. An animal's genome can be deeply revealing, but ever since researchers started decoding great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) DNA more ...

A piece of space rock that crashed into a home in Atlanta, Georgia, had been zooming around in space for longer than Earth has existed, a recent analysis has found.

The large-scale deposits of salt around the Dead Sea, known as salt giants, are built up as the lake's highly saline water ...

A study published in 2022 found a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and an increased risk of developing ...

They act as microbial sponges, collecting bacteria and fungi from soil, water, pet hair and dander, and the general dust of ...

Just as ocean waves shape our shores, ripples in space-time may have once set the Universe on an evolutionary path that led ...