Some experiences in life are hard to describe, but that doesn't make them any less real. Around the world up to 20 percent of people experience...
Volcanoes rank among the most destructive and awe-inspiring phenomena on the planet. But these fiery fissures do much more than just destroy. They also create.
Scientists have identified an old piece of the Pacific Ocean – the ancient remains of its long-ago seabed – extending hundreds of miles underneath China, as...
At least one prebiotic molecule, an ingredient for building life, can form in the harsh environment of interstellar space, far from stars and planets, new research...
For almost a century, astronomers have understood that the Universe is in a state of expansion. Since the 1990s, they have come to understand that as...
The Milky Way has collided and merged with multiple other galaxies over its long lifespan, but piecing together its history has been a painstaking task.
It's comforting to imagine that with both space- and Earth-based telescopes trained on the cosmos, we'd be able to spot any hazardously sized asteroids heading...
In its 4.6 billion-year-long history, Mars has taken its fair share of punches from hurtling asteroids and careening comets.
Massive greenhouse gas reserves, frozen deep under the seabed, are alarmingly now starting to thaw. That's according to an international team of scientists whose...
While a speedy way of getting alcohol out of the system might sound like the perfect hangover cure, it has some serious medical potential. Worldwide, around...