Check Out How Birds Sleep in Mid-Flight While Flying Long Distances

Check Out the Amazing Way Water Boils in Space 

They say “a watched pot never boils,” but you’re not going to want to miss seeing water boil in microgravity.

Scientists Find Hurricanes Are Moving Faster Than They Used To

It’s previously been reported that hurricanes are getting stronger, and it seems they’re picking up the pace, too.

Our Galaxy is Surrounded by a Clumpy Halo of Recycled Gas

Humans aren’t the only ones who reduce, reuse, recycle! Apparently, our galaxy is also in the recycling business.

Scientists Discover Ancient Baby Megashark Nursery in South Carolina

What Would Earth Be Like if it Had Rings?

Saturn’s rings are arguably the coolest thing in our solar system, but if Earth had a set, there’d be potential for some destruction.

Amazing ‘Square Waves’ Phenomenon Explained

Elon Musk Projects First SpaceX Mission to Mars in 4 Years

Scientists May Finally Know Why Pluto Has Snowcapped Mountains

Turns out, snow forms much differently on Pluto than it does here on Earth!

Worker Ants Lost the Ability to Fly in Exchange For Greater Strength, Study Finds

Ants are famous for being able to drag objects several times their own weight, but did you know that worker ants evolved from flying insects? Turns out, those two things might be linked.

NASA Spacecraft Detects Rise in Space Density Outside Our Solar System

More Than 30 Intelligent Civilizations Could Be Living in Our Galaxy

Researchers say the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life could provide clues to our own civilization's future and fate.

This is Made Up of Millions of Microscopic 'Teeth'

Unearthed Footprints Tell the Story of Ancient Man Evading Sabre-Toothed Cats and Dire Wolves

These tracks reveal what life may have been like around the end of the ice age.

Scientists Discover Method of Turning Plastic Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel

Could this save our oceans from plastic “Armageddon”?

Cosmic Particles Provide Clues About How Rain Moves Mountains

‘Corpse Removal’ of Dead Cells Seen in Brains For First Time

Our brains have a system that can clear out dead cells and debris, much like collecting garbage, and scientists have captured this process in a live mammalian brain for the first time.

Weird Video of Earth’s Rotation From a New Perspective

Astrophotographer Bartosz Wojczyński captured this stunning video in Namibia that shows Earth’s landscape rotating as stars stay still.

Old Faithful Shut off Hundreds of Years Ago, And It Might Again Soon

Old Faithful, the famous geyser that’s astonishingly punctual, wasn’t always so reliable, and a new study suggests it might go silent again.

Scientists Find Cows Prefer ‘Live’ Co-moo-nication Over Recorded Voices

If you’re missing live interactions with other humans during COVID-19, you’re not alone. Apparently, cows also prefer face-to-face chats.

Check Out This Spooky 'Ghost Nebula’ Located 550 Light-Years Away

The Moon May Have Saved Earth Billions of Years Ago

Scientists say that the moon provided protection for our infant planet billions of years ago.

'Project Iron Soldier' Shows Brain Injuries Can Be ‘Unbroken’ with New Neuro-Tech

A new study reports the latest breakthroughs from Project Iron Soldier, which is using revolutionary medical technologies to push the limits of brain injury recovery.

Think Mount Everest is Tall? Check Out Olympus Mons on Mars

Mars is covered in stunning features, but nothing quite compares to the massive Martian mountain Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

An Enormous Balloon Could Soon Take You to the Edge of Space

Scientists Can Now ‘Walk’ Inside Cells Thanks to New VR Tech

The revolutionary software could be used to find solutions for fundamental problems in biology and help scientists develop new treatments for disease.

Robot Dolphins Could Be the Future for Aquariums

Can you tell the difference between Edge Innovations’ robot dolphin and the real thing?

Here’s What Experts Believe Extraterrestrials Might Be Like

Real scientists weigh in on what an alien encounter might look like.

Mystery Solved! Here’s Why Galaxy DF44 Isn’t Actually Made of 99.99% Dark Matter

Scientists Return From World’s Biggest Arctic Expedition with a Startling Discovery

Researchers board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Polarstern icebreaker have returned from the “epicenter of climate change” with a trove of new data and some sobering news.

Hubble Captures Arm-Like Structures Sweeping Across Spiral Galaxy 

There's more to this barred spiral galaxy than meets the eye. 

Check Out This 'Vampire Squid' Turn Itself Inside Out to Avoid Predators

New Device Warns You When You Forget to Social Distance

It’s not always easy to remember to maintain a safe six feet away from others.

‘Revolutionary’ Wind Turbines Capture Energy Produced by Traffic

Think about all that energy just ready to be captured on roadways.

Stratospheric Explorers Send Chicken Nugget to Space

Supermassive Black Hole Has Been Caught Eating 6 Galaxies

This could explain how such a young black hole got to be so big.

New High Tech Fabric May Someday Replace Air Conditioners

Electrospun fabric could be the green cooling option of the future.

Spot Where Neutron Stars Collided Still Giving Off Mysterious Glow 3 Years Later

This is changing the way scientists look at neutron stars.

At Least 110 People Are Needed to Start a Mars Colony

Koala Fingerprints Are Almost Identical to Human Ones

Crime scene investigators have even had trouble distinguishing one from the other.

Birds Could Starve Trying to Keep Up with Climate Change

'Superflares' May Destroy the Chances of Life Surviving on Alien Worlds

Solar flares from our sun are one thing, but ‘superflares’ from far off stars are a whole other story.

Extra Artery Found in Human Arms Shows We're Definitely Still Evolving

Humans haven’t managed to develop superpowers, but that doesn’t mean we’re not evolving.

NASA May Still Be Able to Gather Samples from Asteroid Bennu’s Brittle Surface

Have Scientists Ever Directly Taken a Picture of an Exoplanet?

Scientists have detected around 4,000 planets outside our solar system, but we typically just see artistic renderings. Has an actual photo of one ever been captured?

Must-see! This Small Tunnel Leads to an Inland Sea Once Used by Pirates

On Malta's Gozo island lies the Inland Sea, one of the best diving spots in all of Europe.

Hubble Captures Hundreds of Baby Stars in Stunning Stellar Nursery

Take a look at the blue and fiery orange swirls that show the spot where hundreds of stars just formed.

Humans Share Genes That Allow Zebrafish to Regenerate Their Eyes

Fun fact: zebrafish can actually regenerate eye tissue called the retina that’s crucial for sight, but some mammals share the same genes with that ability.

Astronomers Have Detected the Youngest Baby Planets We've Ever Seen

Colliding Black Holes ‘Chirp’ Multiple Times After Catastrophic Event

When two black holes collide, they produce one of the most disastrous events in the universe, but the final product emits signals, adorably known as chirps.