The brief spectacle happens twice a year when the sun is directly overhead.

The Trump administration selected a controversial Harvard astronomer to lead their new scientific advisory council to study if UFOs may present any national security risks.

Parrots are famous for copying human voices, but do they actually understand the words they speak? Research suggests the answer is more interesting than a simple yes or no. Here's what scientists have ...

Restored Jin zhe si gourd earrings produced through experimental reconstruction. Credit: npj Heritage Science, 2026. A pair of Ming Dynasty earrings looked, at first glance, as if someone had spun ...

Egypt’s King Mentuhotep II reunited his country’s upper and lower regions at the turn of the 20th century—B.C.E. Were the ...

The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, ...

Massive galaxies? Dusty black holes? Black hole stars? Scientists have raised a lot of theories around what the crimson blobs ...

The designer known for the original VW Golf and the DeLorean DMC-12 also designed some cool things that humans use every day.

Marsupials are pouched mammals and are a group of mammals that most of us probably associate with Australasia and Wallacea, ...