NASA wouldn’t let our reporter touch the Apollo moon rocks. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
New books about Apollo 11 and the mission to the moon offer something for everyone, from astronomy lovers to fans of graphic novels and self-improvement buffs.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, here’s a collection of images that show how the moon has been visualized over the ages.
A new device for investigating bat migration suggests that the flying mammals orient themselves by the setting sun.
Here’s what planetary scientists are learning from the remains of Apollo outposts, and how archeologists hope to preserve it.
The moon’s light influences lion prey behavior, dung beetle navigation, fish growth, mass migrations and birdsong.
Contested finds point to a sharp shift in toolmaking by early members of the Homo genus.
PFAS compounds from compostable food containers could end being absorbed by plants and later eaten by people, though the health effects are unclear.
The teeth of deep-sea dragonfish are transparent because of nanoscale crystals and rods that let light pass through without being scattered.
The Milky Way's central black hole has a disk of gas and dust orbiting it, astronomers can finally say with confidence.
How plate tectonics got going is a mystery. Now scientists say they’ve found a key part of the story: massive piles of sediment dumped in the ocean.
A study projecting heat-related mortality in 15 U.S. cities illustrates urban risk from global warming.
Floating trash patches scratch only the surface of the ocean microplastic pollution problem.
The discovery of magnetic fields in the gaseous filament between two galaxy clusters suggests that some large cosmic structures are magnetized.
Even healthy tissues can build up mutations, some of which have been tied to cancer.
The particles are made of up two smaller particles, stuck together like atoms in a molecule.
Some knotted string devices point to crop levies imposed by the Incan empire, researchers say. But other khipus continue to evade description.
Researchers have discovered a potential new drug target in a family of viruses responsible for the common cold and more serious infections.
Two people born with six fingers on each hand can control the extra digit, using it to do tasks better than five-fingered hands, a study finds.
In the United States, bats are mostly to blame for rabies deaths, while rabies transmitted by overseas dogs comes in second.
The United States has finally unveiled its new, highly touted weather prediction model, but some scientists worry that it’s not ready for prime time.
Artificial wombs to support preemie babies are closer to reality.
Whether the moon was a timekeeper for early humans, as first argued during the Apollo missions, is still up for debate.
Analysis of a fossilized fish shoal suggests that animals may have evolved coordinated group movement around 50 million years ago.
