X-ray observations show that a distant magnetar may have a surface made of a strange material somewhere between a solid...

The joint NASA–Italian Space Agency Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has peered deep into the hot gas surrounding a black...

The core stage of yet another Chinese Long March 5B rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth this...

As greenhouse gas concentrations in the air continue to climb, plants are faced with a veritable feast of carbon dioxide,...

People pay deerly for the switch from daylight saving time. The change to standard time in autumn corresponds with an...

Taiwan is where most of the world’s high-tech chips are made. Demand for the components is increasing, as is the...

The second all-private International Space Station mission now has a complete crew assigned, according to a report.NASA and Houston-based company...

Crows are some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. They are capable of making rule-guided decisions and of...

Nausea is a universally unwelcome feeling, but despite such widespread aversion, very little has been learned about the mechanism that...

Aye-ayes are true champions of nose picking. A new video offers the first evidence that these nocturnal lemurs of Madagascar...