A new calculation provides a new way to think about our solar system.
What’s the closest planet to Earth?
Common sense would say the answer is either Mars or Venus, our next door neighbors. Of the two, Venus comes closer to the Earth than any other...
It was one small step for a man and one giant leap for mankind. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the Moon and created the first human footprint there. But a new Moon landing...
You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes normally suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA detected something mighty bizarre at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335. Two of NASA’s...
The oldest sperm sample has been discovered.
In a paper published in September, scientists announced their breakthrough discovery, describing how, hidden in a chunk of amber, they uncovered a fossil sperm thought to be 100 million years old.
The sperm, the researchers believe, likely belonged to an...
It happened back in 1986—but it could happen again.
Voyager 2’s iconic portrait of Uranus hides many details of a complex world, some of which are starting to come to light. NASA/JPL
There’s a giant blank spot in researchers’ ever-growing map of...
At 1 percent the speed of light, it would take a little over a second to get from Los Angeles to New York.
LIGHT IS FAST. In fact, it is the fastest thing that exists, and a law of the universe is that...
The notion of the megalodon continues to captivate humans. Could this giant, ancient shark still lurk on the ocean floor?. Esther van Hulsen
It’s got to be out there. It doesn’t matter that Otodus megalodon has by all scientific accounts been extinct for...
There's really no disputing this amazing UFO sighting filmed over Egypts most famous landmark the Pyramids of Giza.
There's no information on the UFO itself but that doesn't take away from the UFO craft itself unless let's say, we did have the name of...
Astronomers have discovered several planets orbiting two stars at once, called circumbinary planets. Now, they might have found the first planet orbiting three.
“Circumtriple” planet would show planets can form in unusual places.
ESO; L. CALÇADA/EXETER; KRAUS ET AL.
Astronomers have discovered several...
These painstakingly restored images from the Apollo missions show our planet as it truly appears.
Featured as the cover image of Toby Ord's new book, The Precipice, this haunting crescent earthrise was captured by Richard Gordon on Apollo 12.
NASA & Toby...
