An artist's impression of Sedna, with a hypothetical moon near it and the Sun, like a bright star, in the background (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech). These comets are much faster at completing this orbit ...

A physics phenomenon discovered 150 years ago allows tiny objects to levitate using just sunlight – and now it could enable swarms of sensors to explore part of Earth’s long-neglected upper atmosphere ...

New research has uncovered compelling evidence that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found in Earth's oceans, ...

For decades, scientists puzzled over why Uranus seemed colder than expected. Now, an international research team led by the University of Houston has solved the mystery: Uranus emits more heat than it ...

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years — if it ever gets funded and ...

It's wild to me that Beauty and the Beast was in theaters when scientists accepted the theory that a meteor killed the ...

Swaminarayan Akshardham: A massive temple complex, dedicated to Swaminarayan, opened in November 2005 in New Delhi. A marvel ...

The massive ice sheet, located in a remote region of northern Greenland, harbors a subglacial lake that appears to have flooded in 2014, releasing 23.8 billion gallons (90 million cubic meters) of ...

Neurotic Cats, One-Eyed Aliens and Hypnosis for Liars Are among the Historical Gems Reported in Scientific American Dive into ...

While uncovering the mysteries of one of the ocean's largest residents in a year-long project, researchers have discovered some concerning details. The basking shark is the second-largest fish in ...

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global struggle to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. The court’s 15 judges ...