Here’s What Happens to the Solar System When the Sun Dies
The end of planet Earth could also mean new life in distant parts of the solar system. ...read more
Author: Vishay Singh
VIDEO: Is Alcohol Really That Bad for You?
What science says about how much, if any, alcohol is OK for your health. ...read more
Dueling Stars Leave a Multicolored Cosmic Light Show
ALMA captured the aftermath of a scrap between two stars. ...read more
I Spy On Turtles Having Sex With 3D-Printed Turtle Sex Dolls
A creative solution to the difficulties of studying creatures that are usually underwater. ...read more
Scientists Chronicle the Shifting Colors of a Comet’s ‘Seasons’
The Rosetta mission found a regular pattern of varying red and blue hues on the comet as it passes near to and then away from the sun. ...read more
Seals Caught On Film Clapping In the Wild For the First Time Ever
The famous clappers had never actually been filmed smacking their flippers together in the wild. ...read more
The Hard Life And Mysterious Death Of Hol Chan 3 Woman, Found In Mexican Cave
Remains reveal details about how she lived but raise larger questions about the First Americans. ...read more
What DNA From 2,600 Tumors Is Telling Scientists About Cancer
Thanks to an international collaboration, researchers could find the genetic causes of cancer in 91 percent of patients they tested. ...read more
In psychedelic colors, this NASA visualization reveals the global impact of smoke from wildfires
Helping us to see beautiful — but also unsettling — patterns of tiny aerosols, the visualization also shows swirling, pulsing patterns of desert dust, pollution particles, and even sea salt, blowing through the atmosphere ...read more
Uranus and Neptune’s Differences May Come from Collisions, Finds New Study
Giant impacts could explain the many differences between the ice giants of our solar system, computer simulations show. ...read more