New images from the James Webb telescope show a galaxy with a trio of supermassive black holes. Two of them appear to be locked in a tight tango.
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During early calibration tests, the MOTHRA telescope’s array of lenses, which will soon number 1,140, captured stellar debris dissolving into space around the Helix Nebula.
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People gathered across the continent to watch the total solar eclipse on Wednesday.
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Unlike the total solar eclipse that swept across Europe, the Perseids can be seen at night by anyone in the Northern Hemisphere.
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A medical issue during Mr. Fincke’s fourth space journey resulted in an early medical evacuation, the first ever from the International Space Station.
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The Perseids will be most active on Wednesday into Thursday morning, on the moonless night after a total solar eclipse.
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Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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In Mato Grosso, Brazil, capybaras wandered into the building, but they were polite during the incursion.
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Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.
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California announced that it’s phasing out paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to Parkinson’s disease.
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On Aug. 2, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East will witness a solar blockbuster with extra-long totality. If you want to see it, book soon.
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President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.
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Soaring temperatures, widespread wildfires and dried-up rivers are transforming tourism across the continent. Here’s how travelers are responding.
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The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.
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The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.
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With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes. We took a spin around Lahore, Pakistan, on a small-but-mighty one.
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Ahead of Wednesday’s rare cosmic event, thousands of people in London are searching for protective eyewear, as prices surge and stocks sell out.
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New technology may make it easier for men with extremely low sperm counts to have biological children.
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With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.
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The bald eagle and her mate gained fame during the pandemic, as a livestream tracked their nesting attempts. She died while being treated for anemia.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.
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We’re answering some questions about the solar eclipse on Aug. 12, and providing a place for you to ask more of them.
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She challenged the conventional view that most head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
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Since April, the Defense Department has halted all military reviews for wind projects, stalling dozens of projects nationwide.
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It was the fifth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to drop offshore wind projects.
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He was among the first to perform microscopic surgery in the 1970s and revolutionized techniques to treat traumatic injuries.
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The drug targeted inflammation, and its shocking failure has experts questioning whether inflammation really does cause heart disease.
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