By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field. The lunar magnetic field is currently weak or even ...

Two aging stars in the binary system AFGL 4106 sculpt a glowing, egg-shaped nebula as they approach the end of their lives.

Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The ...

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field ...

Lunar dust remains one of the biggest challenges for a long-term human presence on the moon. Its jagged, clingy nature makes ...

For the first time in Brazil, researchers have identified a field of tektites. These are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of extraterrestrial bodies against Earth's surface. These ...