Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars.
Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the Earth?
Science news this week Jan. 17, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat of global sea-level rise at risk.
Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.
The map shows diverse geological features shaping Antarctic glaciers from below, which can improve climate models of ice melt.
How did Romans invest their wealth in ancient times?
Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.
Zahi Hawass says he hopes to discover the tomb of Nefertiti before he retires, and he believes he's getting close.
Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.
The 2026 breeding season for endangered kākāpō could produce the most chicks in decades.
More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.
The actor embarks on a "thrilling adventure" across seven expeditions — here's how to watch "Pole to Pole with Will Smith" online from anywhere.
Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal interactions in ways that could help us treat drug-resistant infections.
Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame.
Five vital organs are essential for life, but survival is more medically complex.
Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.
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A new digital system allows operations on a chip to run in parallel, so an AI program can arrive at the best possible answer more quickly.
Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a new paper suggests.
Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the committee members didn't respect her work.
In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.
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