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The first image from the Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of the galaxy M61 that may explain ...

James Dewey Watson, the molecular biologist whose work helped decode the structure of DNA, died on November 6, 2025, at a ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Three Chinese astronauts will likely return safely to Earth after a reported space-junk strike. But the incident highlights ...

The finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species ...

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

Nancy Brewka-Clark of Beverly, Mass., writes short stories, nonfiction, and plays as well as poetry. Winner of the 2019 Amy Lowell Poetry Prize and finalist for the 2022 Princemere Poetry Prize, she ...

A blast of frigid air will plunge into the central U.S. and move eastward over the next few days, potentially breaking ...

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an ...

Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.

Among the vaquitas spotted this September were an individual called Frida and her calf. The calf appeared to be about a year ...