Skyler Ware

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that NASA's Voyager 2 probe began decades ago.

Auroras are possible over the U.S. tonight (March 25) as a "moderate" geomagnetic storm hits Earth.

The purpose of a mysterious pyramidal structure in the Judaean Desert is unknown, but excavators are finding many well-preserved artifacts there.

Scientists have discovered a star-smothering black hole energy jet tearing through a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

After the last ice age, sea levels rose rapidly over a period of about 8,000 years, new research reveals.

The Aardvark Weather machine learning algorithm is much faster than traditional systems and can work on a desktop computer.

The Euclid space telescope has spotted 26 million galaxies in just one week of observations.

Melting ice could weaken Earth's strongest ocean current 20% by 2050, study reveals.

An AI model can scan your brain with non-invasive equipment and convert your thoughts into typed sentences — with no implants required.

Different versions of a gene called ACE2 affect how well the placenta grows during pregnancy, a laboratory study finds.

Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in the Cretaceous ecosystem, scientists say.

An improvement to an existing AI-based brain decoder can translate a person's thoughts into text without hours of training.

People go on 5K and 10K runs all the time. But what's the farthest humans can run at one time?

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica's ice.

A new artificial neuron that spikes like human brain cells could be used to process data at ultrafast speeds.

A new study conducted in mice suggests that, although it's not all good, our urge to scratch at itchy skin may have an evolutionary benefit.

Giant blobs that lurk near Earth's core are much older than scientists thought, new seismic data reveals.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed.

In terms of both absolute length and relative to body size, which living animal has the longest tail?

Human brains take in sensory data at more than 1 billion bits per second, but only process that information at a measly 10 bits per second, new research has found.

Only certain cleaners kill norovirus, a leading cause of vomiting, diarrhea and foodborne illness. Why is that?

How can DNA from a cheek swab determine if someone is closely related to you?

Single crystal electrodes in lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries enable them to last several times longer than existing technology.

Massive reductions in Antarctic sea ice in recent years has been correlated with more stormy days in the Southern Ocean, and could have implications for vital ocean currents.