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Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations revealThe interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found.
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NASA spacecraft reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightened rapidly as it swooped behind the sunInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is briefly out of view as it travels around the sun this week, but researchers and amateur astronomers used spacecraft data to track its progress right up until perihelion.
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Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, university says. But are they dangerous?Authorities have killed several lab monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Mississippi. The rhesus macaques were initially thought to be diseased and dangerous, but that's not necessarily the case.
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First-ever 'mummified' and hoofed dinosaur discovered in Wyoming badlandsResearchers have unearthed two dinosaur "mummies" in the badlands of Wyoming, confirming duck-billed dinosaurs had hooves, alongside a string of other discoveries.
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Watch Air Force fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa as experts warn 'storm of the century' will be catastrophic for JamaicaThe U.S. Air Force's "Hurricane Hunters" have flown inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, capturing eerie footage of the historic storm that has caused widespread devastation in Jamaica.
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Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them allNew dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous period, suggesting non-avian dinosaurs weren't in decline before being snuffed out by the asteroid strike.
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World's biggest X-ray laser discovers never-before-seen type of ice that's solid at room temperatureResearchers have unveiled ice XXI, a new form of ice that's solid at room temperatures when subjected to immense pressure.
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Astronomers discover skyscraper-size asteroid hidden in sun's glareThe newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark Energy Camera at it, highlighting the potential dangers of unseen asteroids.
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CO2 levels reach record new high, locking in more global warmingGreenhouse gas concentrations increased by a record amount in 2024 as more carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide became locked in Earth's atmosphere, a World Meteorological Organization report finds.
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Methane leaks multiplying beneath Antarctic ocean spark fears of climate doom loopResearchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of Antarctica, raising concerns of an unknown positive climate feedback loop that could accelerate global warming.
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Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mysteryResearchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, shedding light on a decades-old star mystery.
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water 'like a fire hose' on full blastResearchers have discovered that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been shedding water, providing insights into the building blocks of life outside of our solar system and the evolution of interstellar comets.
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Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study revealsResearchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by a mineral shift deep within Earth's mantle. GRACE satellites detected a strange gravity signal at the time.
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'Harry Potter' materials land three scientists Nobel Prize in chemistrySusumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks."
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Harvest supermoon photos: See the moon at its biggest and brightest in pictures from around the worldThis year's full 'Harvest moon' was also a supermoon. Check out some of the best images of this lunar event with our worldwide gallery.
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Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scalesThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit."
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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio for their work on immune toleranceThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on how our immune system is prevented from attacking our organs.
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HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated peopleResearchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and highlighting the need for a global HPV vaccine rollout.
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Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snakeResearchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better understand the origins of snakes in the Jurassic period.
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Rare Fujiwhara hurricane 'dance' could save East Coast from worst effects of Tropical Storm ImeldaForecasters expect Hurricane Humberto to pull Tropical Storm Imelda away from landfall and into a Fujiwhara dance, but the East Coast is still set to experience heavy rains and life-threatening rip currents.
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Mysterious cosmic explosion can't be explained, scientists sayResearchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no satisfying explanation for the mysterious cosmic explosion, but it may be linked to elusive intermediate-mass black holes.
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How the body changes in space — usually, for the worseFrom causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human body.
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'New' island emerges from melting ice in AlaskaNASA's Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a "brand new island" after a retreating glacier lost contact with the Prow Knob mountain landmass in Alsek Lake.
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Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years agoResearchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making.
