Virginia Tech engineers have designed an “ice slingshot” that can propel frozen disks of water across a flat, grooved surface without any external force.

Sam Altman’s Merge Labs has entered the race to rival companies like Neuralink in the development of brain-computer ...

“How quantum mechanics and gravity fit together is one of the most important outstanding problems in physics,” Kathryn Zurek, ...

A newly discovered Cambrian, "Kraytdraco," reveals a bizarre predatory 'penis worm' in an ancient arms race beneath Grand ...

Now, in a new study published in PLOS ONE, researchers systematically examined how claims about extraterrestrial life are communicated across the scientific ecosystem, tracing their evolution from ...

This week, astronomers have documented the occurrence of an unprecedented stellar death unlike anything seen before.

New insights into factors believed to have contributed to the collapse of the Mayan civilization have been unearthed in a ...

Variable stars are being studied on a new scale, thanks to a star map bringing together open clusters and providing ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked debate among astronomers since its discovery, and some are exploring whether it ...

MIT study suggests ionic liquid-based life forms could survive on the surface of rocky planets previously considered ...