A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel ...

Clouds might look like cotton candy, but they are made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals floating in the air. Here is ...

Dracula orchids, also called monkey orchids, look like a face hidden in nature.

Deep underground in an old gold mine in regional Victoria, scientists enter a worldwide race to understand the composition of ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has ...

Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

Every time you check the time on your phone, make an online transaction, or use a navigation app, you are depending on the ...

Witnessing a meteor, or \"shooting star,\" is a dazzling event caused by tiny space rocks burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

As with many big space stories, 3I/ATLAS is getting a fair share of attention as well as some more controversial theories ...

In honor of Bruce Springsteen’s ’Electric Nebraska’ finally coming out, these are the best ’lost’ albums ever.