Closer measurements of the nearby exoplanet GJ 3378b have significantly changed scientists’ understanding of the…
Greenland Ice Melt Could Weaken a Critical Atlantic Ocean Current Far More Than Expected, but New Climate Model Finds No Abrupt Collapse Through 2300
Freshwater pouring from Greenland’s melting ice sheet significantly strengthens the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional…
NASA’s TESS Discovers Its First Microlensing Planet Revealing a Hidden Super-Jupiter and Suggesting Years of Archived Data May Contain More Undetected Worlds
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified its first planet through gravitational microlensing, marking…
Scientists Propose a New Way to Measure Black Hole Entropy That Could Transform How Physicists Study Merging and Evaporating Black Holes
Black holes rarely remain unchanged, yet the standard laws used to describe their thermodynamic behavior…
NASA’s Stunning Hubble Image Reveals More Than 500,000 Stars in Ancient Globular Cluster M3, Offering Fresh Clues to the Milky Way’s History
More than 500,000 stars light up a spectacular new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope,…
Radio Signal From a Distant Galaxy Has Stayed Exceptionally Bright for More Than Eight Years, Revealing a Possible New Class of Black Hole Activity
After brightening by more than 20 times in a short period, the galaxy SDSS J110546.07+145202.4…
James Webb Space Telescope Discovers the Most Distant Barred Spiral Galaxy Ever Found, Revealing a Surprisingly Massive and Evolved Cosmic Structure
Hidden deep in the early universe, the newly identified galaxy M1149-BSG-z5 has become the highest-redshift…
Astronomers May Have Caught a Massive Galaxy Losing the Gas It Needs to Make Stars Just 1.4 Billion Years After the Big Bang
A massive galaxy in the young universe appears to be caught in the middle of…
Massive MRI Analysis of More Than 12,000 People Reveals Brain Structure Changes Linked to Depression That Differ by Age and Treatment Stage
Depression is associated with measurable thinning in several regions of the brain’s cortex, according to…
Scientists Discover Brain Cells That Simultaneously Guide Movement and Count Actions Toward a Goal
Stopping at exactly the right moment may depend on a finely balanced partnership between two…
Scientists Propose a Radical New Theory of Gravity That Could Explain the Universe’s Accelerating Expansion Without Dark Energy
Gravity may not operate exactly as physicists have long assumed. By rebuilding gravity from the…
Calcium Monohydride Molecules Cooled Below 1 Millikelvin in a 3D Laser Trap, Opening a New Path Toward Ultracold Hydrogen for Precision Physics
Laser cooling has reached an important new milestone with the successful trapping of calcium monohydride…
Milky Way’s Central Black Hole May Not Be Acting Alone—New Model Explains Every Strange Orbit of Its Young Stars in a Single Framework
Hidden gravitational forces may have been quietly reshaping the young stars surrounding the Milky Way’s…
Humans Have Been Aging Slowly for Up to 30 Million Years, Study Suggests—and the Secret May Lie Across the Primate Family Tree
Humans appear to have inherited their unusually slow aging rate from ancient ape ancestors rather…
Donor Stem Cell Transplants Kept Two Patients With Severe Neuromyelitis Optica Free of Relapses for More Than 15 Years Without Ongoing Treatment
More than 15 years after receiving donor stem cell transplants, two people with severe neuromyelitis…
Gut Bacteria Compound Found to Repair the Intestinal Barrier Could Lead to More Targeted Treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A naturally occurring compound produced by gut bacteria has been found to activate a protective…
Experimental Gel Helped Completely Paralyzed Pigs Walk Again After Fully Severed Spinal Cords by Reconnecting Damaged Nerve Fibers
Regaining movement after a completely severed spinal cord has long been considered one of medicine’s…
Gut Bacteria May Help Ease Anxiety in People With IBS by Reducing Brain Inflammation, Study Suggests
Living with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome may involve more than digestive discomfort, and new research…
Scientists Discover the Cerebellum May Help Keep Your Memory Sharp as You Age and Larger Cerebellums Are Linked to Better Thinking Skills
Not all parts of the brain age in the same way, and new research suggests…
Ancient Roman Curse Tablet Hidden Beneath a Dutch Town Square for Nearly 2,000 Years Finally Decoded Revealing Rare Greek Text and Egyptian Magic
Hidden beneath a town square in the Netherlands for nearly 2,000 years, an ancient Roman…
Ancient DNA Reveals That Power and Social Status Rather Than Family Determined Burials in a 2,000-Year-Old Xiongnu Cemetery
Burials at the ancient Tamir cemetery in Mongolia were shaped far more by wealth, political…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Antiviral Immune System in Sea Anemones That Works the Opposite Way From Humans Yet Still Stops Deadly Viruses
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown antiviral defense system in sea anemones that turns conventional…
Swiss Glaciers Have Entered Permanent Ice Loss Earlier Than Summer Ends as Heat Waves, Saharan Dust, and Low Snowfall Accelerate Melting
From June 29 onward, every additional liter of meltwater flowing from Switzerland’s glaciers comes at…
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals 16.5 Million Hidden Stars Inside Messier 82 Uncovering the Cigar Galaxy’s Distorted Structure and Violent Starburst History
Hidden behind thick clouds of dust for decades, the starburst galaxy Messier 82 has come…
Astronomers Uncover Dramatic Brightness Swings in Mysterious X-4 as Evidence Strongly Points to Super-Eddington Accretion Powering the Ultraluminous X-Ray Source
Violent changes in brightness, unusual spectral behavior, and the absence of detectable pulsations are giving…
Tiny 350-Million-Year-Old Fossils Overturn a Long-Held Evolution Theory by Revealing the First Tetrapods Never Had Tadpole-Like Larvae
Tiny fossilized hatchlings from Illinois have overturned one of evolution’s longest-standing assumptions, revealing that some…
Ancient Fossil Forest Reveals Flowering Plants Ruled Earth 10 Million Years Before the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Buried beneath volcanic ash 74.6 million years ago, an exceptionally preserved fossil forest in New…
Repeated Brightening Reveals “Phoebe” Is an Ordinary Variable Star, Not the Long-Sought Lunar-Mass Primordial Black Hole
What looked like one of the strongest hints yet of a lunar-mass primordial black hole…
Giant Exoplanet GJ 436 b Appears to Leave a Magnetic Imprint on Its Host Star, Revealing a Two-Way Star–Planet Relationship
Stars have long been thought to dominate the planets that orbit them, but new research…
Smarter City Design Could Improve Both Physical and Mental Health Across the US, Massive Study of 28,323 Neighborhoods Finds
Walking-friendly streets, connected neighborhoods, parks, and mixed-use development are strongly linked to better physical and…
Scientists Discover Giant Rotating Ocean Eddies Can Trap Congo River Freshwater and Carry It 200 Kilometers Into the Atlantic Instead of Letting It Slowly Spread
Fresh water from the Congo River does not simply spread gradually into the Atlantic Ocean.…
Human-Caused Ozone Depletion Helped Cool the Southern Ocean Between 1982 and 2005 by Strengthening Antarctic Winds, New Study Finds
Unexpected cooling around Antarctica may have been driven in part by human-caused ozone depletion rather…
Scientists Capture Electrons in Attoseconds and Discover a New Quantum Space-Time Limit That Reveals a 500-Attosecond Response Delay
Scientists have directly observed a previously elusive quantum space-time limit governing electron motion, showing for…
How Music Affects Your Brain and Emotions
Think about the last time a song completely changed your mood. Perhaps it was an…
The Psychology Behind Superstitions
Have you ever crossed your fingers before receiving important news? Knocked on wood after saying…
Why We Believe in Myths
Imagine sitting beside a fire thousands of years ago as the Sun disappears beyond the…
The “Spotlight Effect”: Why You Think Everyone Is Watching
Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt that everyone noticed your new…
Why We Remember Negative Events More Than Positive Ones
Have you ever noticed how one harsh comment can stay in your mind for years,…
10 Psychological Facts About Human Behavior
Human behavior is one of the greatest mysteries in the world. Every day, we make…
Why We Compare Ourselves to Others (and How to Stop)
Have you ever looked at someone else’s life and quietly wondered, “Why don’t I have…
How to Manage Anger Before It Controls You
Everyone gets angry. It happens when someone lies to us, treats us unfairly, ignores our…
