In a quiet laboratory on Long Island, a team of chemists may have taken a bold step toward solving one…
Webb Telescope Uncovers Small Galaxies That Transformed the Cosmos Forever
Over thirteen billion years ago, the universe was not the glittering expanse of stars and galaxies we know today. It…
Baby Stars Reveal the Secret Life of Planets
High in the Chilean Andes, 16,000 feet above sea level, the world’s most powerful radio telescope array is listening—not to…
New Supercomputer Galaxies Could Explain What Dark Matter Really Is
Some of the universe’s greatest mysteries are hidden in plain sight. Dark matter—an invisible substance that outweighs everything we can…
Astronomers Finally Find the Universe’s Missing Matter with Mysterious Radio Signals
For more than twenty years, astronomers have puzzled over a strange cosmic riddle. The laws of physics said there had…
Secrets of the Grave Unearthed Across Medieval Europe
It’s not often that the dead speak as clearly as they do through a bed burial. Beneath the quiet soil…
Astronomers Detect Mysterious X-ray Heartbeat from Distant Star System
High above the Earth, aboard a satellite orbiting in silence, a Chinese space telescope has been peering deep into the…
Scientists Simulate a Neutron Star Collision and Watch a Black Hole Jet Emerge
In the deep silence of space, where time stretches and matter bends under immense gravity, two neutron stars — the…
Scientists Create Optical Processor That Sees in Three Dimensions and Color
In the world of light, precision is everything. How it bends, scatters, and spreads determines what we can see—from the…
Sea Anemones Reveal a 600-Million-Year-Old Secret About Animal Evolution
In the silent shallows of coastal mudflats, the sea anemone lives out its quiet life—soft, colorful, tentacled, and largely immobile.…
Water Older Than the Sun Found Around a Baby Star
Far beyond the glare of city lights, nestled deep in the constellation Taurus some 460 light-years away, a baby star…
What Are the Main Causes of Earth’s Climate Variability?
On a frozen morning in Antarctica, ice groans beneath the weight of the past. A scientist, face wrapped in scarves,…
What Are the Main Causes of Earth’s Climate Variability?
One morning in a small village on the edge of the Sahel in Africa, a young boy wakes up to…
What Are the Effects of Solar Wind on Earth’s Atmosphere?
Some 93 million miles from Earth, a churning furnace of unimaginable energy burns with such intensity that it illuminates our…
Understanding Earth’s Carbon Footprint and How to Reduce It
Imagine walking through a forest, your footsteps soft on the moss-covered ground. You pause, listening to the rustle of leaves,…
The Role of Earth’s Lithosphere in Plate Tectonics
Imagine standing on the edge of a jagged cliff overlooking the ocean, wind howling, salt in the air. Below your…
The History of Earth’s Geological Evolution
Long before life, before oceans surged or continents clashed, Earth was nothing like the blue planet we know today. Imagine…
Why Earth’s Biodiversity Is Essential for Ecosystem Health
At first glance, a tropical rainforest, a coral reef, or even a patch of wildflowers in a meadow may seem…
The Geological Forces Behind Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Imagine standing on a peaceful mountainside, the sky blue, the earth steady, the breeze soft on your face. All seems…
Spinning Skies: How Earth’s Rotation Shapes Our Weather Systems
Every second of every day, whether we feel it or not, the ground beneath our feet is moving. Earth spins,…
The Breath of the Blue Planet: The Role of Earth’s Surface Water in the Global Climate System
Imagine looking at Earth from space for the first time. What would you see? A glowing orb of swirling blues…