This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was taken on 18 January 2026 with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large ...

The discovery also sheds light on why some people are disturbed by low-frequency noise while others barely notice it. If the ...

Scientists reveal how one of the world's deadliest superbugs evolved.

The ocean floor is constantly growing, forged by magmas and stretched by tectonic forces at mid-ocean ridges (MORs). Yet despite their importance, these submarine boundaries remain among the hardest ...

Exoplanet WD 1856 b, shown in this artist’s concept, is a gas giant that orbits its star at a distance 50 times closer than Earth orbits the Sun. Observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

In a breathtaking leap for astrophysics, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has recorded the loudest roar ever heard across the fabric of spacetime: two colossal black holes, weighing in at ...

UW researchers developed a system called VueBuds that uses tiny cameras in off-the-shelf wireless earbuds to allow users to talk with an AI model about the scene in front of them. Here, the altered ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans opt for LASIK, a laser-assisted surgery that reshapes the cornea to correct vision. It’s fast, effective, and widely considered safe. But it’s still ...

GreenDrill team members at Prudhoe Dome, a key ice cap part of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The project’s first study shows this ice cap was gone 7,000 years ago. Photo: Jason Briner/University at Buffalo ...

For centuries, Saturn’s shimmering rings have captivated astronomers and stargazers alike. Yet their ages and the histories of Saturn’s moons have remained among planetary science’s most tantalizing ...

The share of the world population living in cities with more than one million people rose from 11% in 1975 to 24% in 2025 (our estimates). Will most people end up living in large cities? This depends ...

Think saliva is spit? Think again. This slippery superhero helps you chew, swallow, fight germs, and keep your teeth and gums happy. It’s packed with special ingredients, like mucins, that act like ...