New, 'Hidden' State of Matter Coaxed into Being by Ultrafast Laser Flashes By Rafi Letzter Physicists think this might be the first of many hidden states of matter that could be uncovered using laser flashes.
Scientists Find a Spot Where No Life Can Survive. That's Bad News for Alien Hunters. By Yasemin Saplakoglu This alien-like world is filled with hydrothermal pools that are some of the most extreme environments on the planet
Meet Arrokoth, the Most Distant Object Ever Explored By Mike Wall The most distant object ever explored, Ultima Thule, has a new name, Arrokoth.
The Arctic's Most Stable Sea Ice Is Vanishing Alarmingly Fast By Mindy Weisberger Experts once thought that older, more robust sea ice in the Arctic was mostly safe from melting — but that may not be the case.
A Teen's Lungs Were So Badly Damaged from Vaping, He Needed A Double Lung Transplant By Nicoletta Lanese The 17-year-old patient's lungs were so severely inflamed and scarred that they had to be replaced.
Thermonuclear Explosion in Sagittarius Constellation Is One of the Brightest Ever Recorded By Brandon Specktor NASA astronomers have detected one of the brightest explosions of X-ray energy ever seen, and they think it came from a greedy neutron star in the Sagittarius constellation.
4 Bacteria Strains Gang Up to Cause Deadly Flesh-Eating Infection By Nicoletta Lanese Multiple strains of the same bacterial species work together to cause deadly infection.
Nile River Formed Millions of Years Earlier Than Thought, Study Suggests By Yasemin Saplakoglu The Nile River may have emerged around 30 million years ago, driven by the motion of Earth’s mantle.
Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917 By Tom Metcalfe Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.
The Mysterious 'Tully Monster' Just Got More Mysterious By Chris Rogers Scientists reveal more mysteries about the bizarre Tully Monster, an ancient sea creature with stalked eyes that has defied classification.
DNA Just One of More Than 1 Million Possible 'Genetic Molecules,' Scientists Find By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists used a computer program to uncover more than 1 million molecules that could potentially store genetic information, just like DNA.
Why Can't Science Explain Consciousness? By Philip Goff Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time.
Rare Mercury Transit, the Last Until 2032, Thrills Skywatchers Around the World By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell The tiny planet Mercury scooted across the sun's face today (Nov. 11) for the last time until 2032, and skywatchers around the world had the chance to witness the rare celestial event.
SpaceX Just Launched 60 Starlink Satellites (And Nailed a Milestone Rocket Landing) By Amy Thompson SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on its most flown Falcon 9 rocket yet, which made a historic fourth launch and landing on Monday (Nov. 11).
A Tiny Species That Looks Part-Deer, Part-Mouse Was Missing for Nearly 30 Years. Scientists Just Found It. By Yasemin Saplakoglu With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain meandering about its tree-filled home.
Jet-Powered Car Roars Past 500 Mph. But Can This Beast Hit 1,000 Mph Without Destroying Itself? By Tom Metcalfe
We May Finally Understand the Moments Before the Big Bang By Tim Childers Physicists may have solved a decades-long mystery about how our universe came to be.
Heavy Marijuana Use Could Double Stroke Risk for Young People, Study Suggests By Yasemin Saplakoglu The findings add to a growing body of research linking marijuana use to an increased risk of cardiovascular problems.
Monday, Mercury Makes Rare Appearance with a Trek Across the Sun. Here's How to Watch It. By Mindy Weisberger The tiny planet Mercury will be visible from Earth as it moves across the sun, in an event known as a transit.
Why Are People Left- (or Right-) Handed? By Megan Gannon Up to 90% of people are right-handed. Scientists are still trying to figure out why lefties have always been in the minority.
