Apollo astronauts reported seeing flashes of light where there were none. Fifty years later, the flashes still mess with ...

Three species preferred different people based on their skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help make new ...

NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark ...

Rubidium atoms on China’s Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein’s ...

NASA’s attempt to save the falling Swift telescope failed, revealing the realities of the burgeoning field of satellite ...

Incredible things happen routinely. People win the lottery — twice. Golfers hit holes-in-one several days in a row. Basketball players appear to get a “hot hand” (SN: 2/12/11, p. 26; SN Online: ...

Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.

Appalachia is a hotspot of landslides, but many there can’t afford to move away or mitigate the danger, a new study finds.

A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just ...

A personalized mRNA vaccine paired with Keytruda may help keep skin cancer from returning after surgery, a large clinical ...

Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that ...

A study of 70,000 earthquakes finds tiny tremors often precede larger fracking-linked quakes, offering a warning to halt ...