Every few months, a headline about Yellowstone goes viral. An earthquake swarm, a strange steam vent, a road that cracked. Within hours, social media...

In September 1914, a bird named Martha died at the Cincinnati Zoo. She was the last passenger pigeon. A century earlier, this species had...

For decades, the search for alien life followed a familiar path. Scientists looked for planets like Earth, orbiting stars like the Sun, with water,...

By Ronald Kapper   Imagine waking up and discovering the familiar flow of time is a costume — a stitched-together illusion that keeps us moving in...

Why Does Vacuum Space Produce Energy From Nothing?   Space looks like the ultimate blank canvas. No air. No sound. No visible matter. So when physicists...

The universe hides places so extreme that they challenge our imagination. One of the most violent environments known to science surrounds a black hole. Contrary...

Scientists Can’t Explain Why Some Asteroids Suddenly Change Direction — Cosmic Mysteries Deepen   In a stunning series of observations spanning the past year, astronomers have...