The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing ...

A slowly spinning universe could resolve a puzzle in physics known as the Hubble tension, a new model suggests.

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent ...

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

On April 1, 2025, the Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC introduced the world's most advanced microchip: the 2 nanometre (2nm) chip.

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say ...