Scientists have successfully measured the magnetic field of the Lighthouse pulsar’s nebula using NASA’s IXPE. Their measurements confirm the theory that high-energy particles escape along the galaxy’s ...

The discovery also sheds light on why some people are disturbed by low-frequency noise while others barely notice it. If the ...

Exoplanet WD 1856 b, shown in this artist’s concept, is a gas giant that orbits its star at a distance 50 times closer than Earth orbits the Sun. Observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

The ocean floor is constantly growing, forged by magmas and stretched by tectonic forces at mid-ocean ridges (MORs). Yet despite their importance, these submarine boundaries remain among the hardest ...

When we watch a drama unfold on screen, we instinctively begin to sketch a mental map of the characters: who is allied, who is opposed, and where the tensions lie. But how does the brain organize this ...

When we think of liquids, we tend to envision water flowing through a pipe or honey running off a spoon. But viscosity, the resistance of a fluid to flow, varies widely: from almost frictionless air ...

This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was taken on 18 January 2026 with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large ...

Scientists reveal how one of the world's deadliest superbugs evolved.

For a pack-a-day smoker, the cost of cigarettes can climb to nearly $14,000 a year, not to mention the toll on health. Yet quitting remains one of the hardest challenges many people will ever face.

The night sky has been the canvas of humanity’s wonder for millennia. The stars guided sailors, inspired poets, and offered astronomers the first glimpse into an infinite universe. But today, the ...