A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

James Cook’s first voyage of exploration which saw him become the first European to lay eyes on Australia took nearly three ...

A new study reveals that the Earth's inner core is undergoing a structural transformation. A new study by USC scientists, ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

The upcoming spring exhibition at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, opening Saturday, invites museum patrons to immerse ...

Every year, thousands of kids and adults learn to fold and fly paper airplanes at both the National Mall building and the ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

Researchers have been trying to find new ways to produce and replicate the various useful features observed in nature. Fine ...

After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...