The Arctic should be reaching its annual maximum levels of sea ice at this time of year, but instead it’s at record lows, missing an amount ice twice the size of Texas compared to average levels

The moon will sweep past the 1,000-strong stellar beehive overnight on March 27-28.

Marine biologists found detectable levels of caffeine, cocaine and the over-the-counter painkillers in the blood of 28 sharks.

Once-lethal insecticides now require concerningly high concentrations to effectively kill mosquitoes. Some mosquitoes are already immune to all classes of insecticides used to control malaria.

Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals. The video taken in 2023 shows female whales from two family lines working together to support the labor during critical moments and lift the newborn calf above the water. “The group quite literally helps bring the calf into the world,” said Oregon State University behavioral ecologist Mauricio Cantor in an email.

March 26 (Reuters) - When a mother sperm whale gives birth, it is a remarkable team effort.

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds.

NASA's Artemis return-to-the-moon program is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Could a successful mission quiet its critics?

From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with Artemis 2 and beyond.

A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life.

Artemis II will test the life control systems on the Orion spacecraft and, if all goes well, take a trip around the Moon.

Tiny particles from certain lab gloves look like microplastics, and they can contaminate samples, new study finds.

Canada has canceled its first-ever moon rover mission, which had been targeted to land near the lunar south pole in 2029.

The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at sunset tomorrow.

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, thanks to an innovative AI program.

Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to have the geological process.

The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they have rehabilitated. Using satellite tracking devices in a collaboration between the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, scientists are learning how well sea turtles can survive in the wild after losing a limb. Amelie, a Kemp's ridley sea turtle who lost her right forelimb to a predator — most likely a shark, the center said — was taken to the

Europe's Hera spacecraft has completed a major deep-space maneuver, setting it on course to rendezvous late this year with the asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART mission back in 2022.

A gorgeous new photo shows the northern lights rippling across the night sky above Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket.

"For a brief instant, I simply stood there, stunned. Then instinct took over".

Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our companions for thousands of years. Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia. Tens of thousands of years ago, those wolves got used to living with people and became less aggressive.

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending long ago from gray wolves - though precisely when, where and

Scientists have traditionally focused on educating the public on science or correcting misinformation. But researchers from marginalized communities often have broader goals in science communication.

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?"

Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia. Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar. Researchers aren’t sure how exactly these new cats got mummified, but the caves’ dry conditions and stable temperature could have played a role, according to the new study published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study.

High-tech radar technology offers an unprecedented look at escaping ice speeds on Greenland and Antarctica

"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries."

"If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe."