A comet from another star system is due to make its closest—and final—approach to Earth this week before it continues on its journey back toward interstellar space. Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will ...

The most exciting rock known to science is a school-desk-sized chunk of mudstone currently stuck on Mars. Formed from fine, water-washed sediments on the floor of a long-lost lake—some 3.5 billion ...

As bowl game matchups were announced Dec. 7, an unusual situation unfolded. The Birmingham Bowl, in all its college football glory, couldn’t find a second suitor to play in its contest. After three ...

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet racing around its star in under 11 hours. Despite being blasted by intense ...

Rain returned to Tehran this week for the first time in months, briefly breaking the city’s long dry spell. But despite the welcome showers, Iran’s deepening water crisis persists, leaving ordinary ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

In response to these erosion impacts, Griffith researchers, in collaboration with the Tanzanian Nelson Mandela African Institution for Science and Technology, Ghent University, Belgium, and Tanzanian ...

Democrats are running on fixing it. Trump is running from it. But what does this year’s political buzzword really mean? Here’s the view of the economy reflected in the funhouse-mirror politics of the ...

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.

The Week 14 slate is full of games with huge playoff implications across the NFL. It kicks off immediately with Thursday Night Football, as the Dallas Cowboys head to Ford Field to face the Detroit ...

Reports of executions allegedly committed by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces following their capture of El-Fasher have sparked international outrage. But a widely shared Google Earth image ...