SpaceX is about to run its final test of Starship SN9 before 1st launch By Rafi Letzter SpaceX plans to test-fire its enormous Starship prototype's engines in Boca Chica, Texas at some point today (Jan. 20).
Monster black hole spews energy as regularly as Yellowstone's 'Old Faithful' By Mindy Weisberger Regular energy flares that emerge from galaxy ESO 253-3 are produced by a black hole about 20 times larger than the one at the center of the Milky Way.
Striking new video captures moment when Mount Etna recently erupted By Nicoletta Lanese The eruption lit up the night sky and dropped ash miles away.
Talking is worse than coughing for spreading COVID-19 indoors By Rachael Rettner The study also found that the virus can spread more than 6 feet (2 meters) in just seconds.
1st COVID-19 case in US reported a year ago By Yasemin Saplakoglu The U.S. has now tallied more than 24.2 million cases and more than 400,000 deaths.
Italian cops recover stolen da Vinci replica no one knew was missing By Rafi Letzter A stolen copy of a da Vinci painting has turned up in an Italian apartment, even though no one knew it was missing. The museum where it was kept had been shuttered due to COVID-19.
Earth's outer shell ballooned during massive growth spurt 3 billion years ago By Harry Baker Zircon crystals found in stream sediments in Greenland have revealed how the Earth's crust rapidly grew during peak mantle activity.
'Old murderer' bug died 50 million years ago, fossilized with its penis intact By Mindy Weisberger Scientists describe a new species of assassin bug from a fossil that dates to around 50 million years ago and includes the insect's intact genitals.
The pandemic broke the CDC. New director will try to fix it. By Yasemin Saplakoglu The incoming CDC director has a lot of work to do, and she knows it.
1st preserved dinosaur butthole is 'perfect' and 'unique,' paleontologist says By Laura Geggel Here's what a dinosaur butthole looks like (you're welcome).
Mystery particle may explain extreme X-rays shooting from the 'Magnificent 7' stars By Stephanie Pappas Particles called axions may be the reason the 'Magnificent 7' cluster of neutron stars emits extreme X-rays.
Spinning egg yolks hint at how concussions warp the brain By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists used chicken eggs as a model for the human skull and brain.
Humans could move to this floating asteroid belt colony in the next 15 years, astrophysicist says By Brandon Specktor A new paper proposes building a 'megasatellite' of human habitats around the dwarf planet Ceres.
13-foot-long 'Book of the Dead' scroll found in burial shaft in Egypt By Owen Jarus A funerary temple belonging to Queen Nearit has been discovered in the ancient Egyptian burial ground Saqqara next to the pyramid of her husband, pharaoh Teti.
Worrisome California coronavirus variant is tied to large outbreaks By Stephanie Pappas A new coronavirus variant has been found in multiple California outbreaks, but scientists aren't yet sure whether it's more transmissible than other strains.
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MLK and Malcolm X were more alike than we thought. Here's why. By Jonathan Gordon, All About History Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century and of the civil rights movement. And they were more alike than many may have thought.
Now-dead radio telescope finds bizarre venomous-spider star By Rafi Letzter Data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope has revealed a bizarre new type of hybrid venomous-spider star.
RNA ties itself in knots, then unties itself in mesmerizing video By Nicoletta Lanese Watch as RNA dances and wiggles into its final form.
