Is there more than one dark energy? By Paul Sutter What if there is more than one cosmological agent for dark energy? This mixture would have strange effects in our universe, making it potentially detectable with upcoming surveys.
COVID-19 vaccines may not work as well against South African variant, experts worry By Nicoletta Lanese A coronavirus variant identified in South Africa may not be as vulnerable to COVID-19 vaccines as other strains, some scientists say.
Largest canyon in the solar system revealed in stunning new images By Brandon Specktor Mars' Valles Marineris is nearly 10 times as long as the Grand Canyon and three times as deep, but nobody knows how it formed.
Here's how to watch stunning Quadrantid meteor shower tonight By Stephanie Pappas The Quadrantid meteor shower is peaking, and skywatchers in North America have a good chance of seeing the tail end of the show tonight.
UK starts giving people the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine By Nicoletta Lanese The U.K. authorized the shots for emergency use last week.
66 Roman Army camps in northern Spain shed light on infamous conquest By Patrick Pester Dozens of Roman Army camps have been discovered in Spain, revealing more about one of most infamous Roman conflicts.
What archaeology will look like in 2021 By Owen Jarus Expect more virtual archaeological digs, possibly more looting and definitely more mummies in 2021.
Dance floor where John the Baptist was condemned to death discovered, archaeologist says By Owen Jarus Archaeologists claim that they have identified the deadly dance floor where John the Baptist — a preacher who foretold the coming of Jesus — was sentenced to death around A.D. 29.
What led to the emergence of monotheism? By Isobel Whitcomb It depends on your definition of monotheism.
A giant black hole keeps evading detection and scientists can't explain it By Mike Wall The big galaxy at the core of the cluster Abell 2261 should harbor a supermassive black hole that weighs as much as 3 billion to 100 billion suns. But astronomers can't find it.
9 epic space discoveries you may have missed in 2020 By Rafi Letzter Medical discoveries dominated the news in 2020, but even under pandemic conditions, astronomers discovered amazing things in space in 2020.
Top skywatching events to look forward to in 2021 By Yasemin Saplakoglu Eclipses and other phenomena in the night sky have captivated people since ancient times.
Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine By Stephanie Pappas To protect endangered black-footed ferrets from COVID-19, scientists in Colorado have injected a major captive breeding population with an experimental vaccine.
The 10 biggest physics stories of 2020 By Jeanna Bryner From a colossal explosion to mystery burps deciphered, here were some of the top stories in physics in 2020.
The 10 biggest archaeology discoveries of 2020 By Owen Jarus Despite the difficult year, many archaeological and historical discoveries came to light, including a sprawling geoglyph in Peru, a trove of mummies, the tomb of the legendary Romulus and more.
Would you eat a python to save the Everglades? By Patrick Pester Invading pythons are causing problems for the native wildlife in Florida. Should people start eating them and are they even safe to eat?
10 steamy signs in 2020 that climate change is speeding up By Tia Ghose From record wildfires to a bumper crop of hurricanes to melting poles, here are some of the biggest signs in 2020 that climate change is speeding up.
6 ways the hunt for dark matter changed in 2020 By Rafi Letzter This year saw a possible first detection of solar axions, and the possible death of the sterile neutrino.
10 ways COVID-19 changed the world By Rachael Rettner Here are just some of the ways COVID-19 changed the world in 2020.
Murder hornets and monkey cannibals: 10 times nature freaked us out in 2020 By Mindy Weisberger Some of this year's top science stories were truly the stuff of nightmares.
