Astronomy

Water is an essential part of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere – and now it we know it may have formed not long after the start of the universe

Water is an essential part of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere – and now it we know it may have formed not long after the start of the universe

A strange new conception of how time warps across the universe does away with cosmology's most mysterious entity, dark energy

A strange new conception of how time warps across the universe does away with cosmology's most mysterious entity, dark energy

We are starting to understand how Greenland sharks can live for centuries without commonly developing tumours

We are starting to understand how Greenland sharks can live for centuries without commonly developing tumours

We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics – but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things get weird. Our quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why

We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics – but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things get weird. Our quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why

AI’s integration into everything—untangling traffic snarls, dictating drug prescriptions, rewriting the rules of scientific discovery—is accelerating quickly

India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured detailed observations of a powerful solar flare last year, helping scientists better understand our star's eruptions.

Colossal Biosciences has altered several genes in mice to make them look more mammoth-like, but the company is far from its goal of fully resurrecting woolly mammoths by 2028

Colossal Biosciences has altered several genes in mice to make them look more mammoth-like, but the company is far from its goal of fully resurrecting woolly mammoths by 2028

Soil fungi can make a compound that disrupts how cow stomachs produce the potent greenhouse gas methane

Soil fungi can make a compound that disrupts how cow stomachs produce the potent greenhouse gas methane

Neuroscience research claiming to question the existence of free will may have been misinterpreted

Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss medications are designed to be a lifelong treatment. But a new study finds the majority of people who use these drugs quit after just two years

Mouse and human studies suggest a connection between a gut microbe and the appetite-regulating hormone GLP-1

Scientists think geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus might come from a "mushy" zone of ice along the world.

Aurora chasers are on high alert for possible geomagnetic storm conditions from March 4 to March 5. Northern lights possible at mid-latitudes.

Encryption would normally be expected to slow down computation, but applying the tools of cryptography to "trick" an algorithm can actually make it work faster