NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

A new stretchable hydrogel battery can withstand extreme conditions and still operate effectively, scientists say.

The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing ...

A slowly spinning universe could resolve a puzzle in physics known as the Hubble tension, a new model suggests.

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent ...

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

On April 1, 2025, the Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC introduced the world's most advanced microchip: the 2 nanometre (2nm) chip.

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say ...