Doorbell camera captures 1st-ever video of the sound and sight of a meteorite crash-landing
A doorbell camera recorded a rare video of the moment a meteorite fell outside a home.
By Sascha Pare published
The Bungle Bungle Range in Western Australia is a collection of rock domes forged from ancient seabeds and flanked to the northeast by a prehistoric meteor impact crater.
By Harry Baker published
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night skies across the globe.
By Emily Cooke published
Argyria is caused by a buildup of silver in the body, which discolors the skin.
By Emma Bryce published
Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.
By Ben Turner published
From missing links, to primordial beginnings, to extremely powerful plasma jets that could be shaping our universe in mysterious ways, here are the top 10 black hole discoveries that blew our minds this year.
By Sascha Pare published
From a piece of cloth that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of our galaxy's central black hole, here's our pick of controversial science stories in 2024.
By Stephanie Pappas published
A new study finds that middle kids and kids from larger families are more agreeable, honest and humble than younger and older kids or kids from smaller families, but the results contradict other research on the topic.
By Paul Sutter published
The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious "fuzzy" matter.
By Paul Sutter published
There's a significant imbalance between matter and antimatter in our universe, but a strange particle called "the Majoron" could finally explain it, an audacious new study suggests.
By Andrey Feldman published
A new underground facility called DUNE, which will accelerate particles for 800 miles between Illinois and South Dakota, could reveal the hidden dimensions of the universe, new research suggests.
By Ben Turner published
Scientists in Japan have demonstrated a new method to create hydrogen fuel without emitting greenhouse gases. But key steps to improve its efficiency remain for it to be commercially viable.
By Leonard David published
In case you forgot it was still up there.