New NASA Space Telescope Unveils Its First-Ever Images

NASA's new infrared space telescope, SPHEREx, is designed to give us unprecedented insights into the evolution of the Universe.

Dying Cells Play a Vital, Unexpected Role in Healing, Study Shows

A new study reveals some surprising discoveries about healing processes that are potentially triggered by the process of necrosis, or premature cell death.

Kazakhstan discovers rare earths reserve said to be third-largest in the world

Now dubbed "New Kazakhstan," the deposit is said to have almost 1 million tonnes of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium and yttrium, elements used as components in devices such as smartphones, digital cameras and computer hard disks.

Stars Get Earworms Too, And The 'Songs' Could Tell Us Their History

The "music" of starquakes - enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars - can reveal far more information about the stars.

Hubble Sheds New Light on Atmospheric Composition and Dynamics of Uranus

A 20-year Hubble study of Uranus provide valuable data for understanding the atmospheric dynamics of this distant ice giant, which can serve as a proxy for studying exoplanets of similar size and composition.

New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics

Scientists in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that's just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds.

How calcium may have unlocked the origins of life's molecular asymmetry

Scientists have uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping the building blocks of life. 

Galaxies die earlier than expected

For a long time, scientists thought that only actively star-forming galaxies should be observed in the very early Universe. The James Webb space telescope now reveals that galaxies stopped forming stars earlier than expected. 

Massive collision created Mercury, new theory suggests

A grazing giant collision between two similar-sized rocky bodies likely created Mercury a few billion years ago.

Venus May Be Even More Geologically Active Near Its Surface

An unexpected phenomenon called convection could help explain many of the volcanoes and other features of the Venusian landscape.

North America is dripping from below, geoscientists discover

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the reason why.

Global warming this century may wipe 40% off the world's economy

The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated.

'Half ice, half fire': Physicists discover new phase of matter

"Half ice, half fire" is notable not only because it has never been observed before, but also because it is able to drive extremely sharp switching between phases in the material at a reasonable, finite temperature. 

Extremely Weird Rock Found on Mars Looks Like Nothing Else Around It

Once again, Mars has presented us with an example of something it seems to have in abundance: extremely peculiar and baffling rocks.

Using the unpredictable nature of quantum mechanics to generate truly random numbers

A team of international researchers has used the unpredictable nature of quantum mechanics to create a device capable of generating truly random numbers.