Bioluminescent animals, found in oceans, forests, and caves, possess the remarkable ability to produce their own light through chemical reactions. This natural illumination serves vital roles, from ...

Using invisible ultraviolet light, Alldridge was able to capture the mammal glowing in the dark, and his photo is considered ...

Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the nature of one of the most mysterious and fundamental phenomena in contemporary ...

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

A new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) proposes that the core of our galaxy is full of an all-new category of star called a dark dwarf—and that these not-so ...

It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm.

Humans have a new way of seeing infrared light, without the need for clunky night-vision goggles. Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey infrared vision — and the devices work ...