Hot rock surging from deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean may be driving the continents on either side apart. That’s the finding of a new study....
Maria Temming
In ancient Egypt, a mud wrap did not necessarily mean a day at the spa. Scientists have turned up an unusual mummy from Egypt. Its...
Pandemic stay-at-home orders may have curbed some greenhouse gas emissions last year. But the world continued to warm. The total amount of heat stored in...
Scientists have finally gotten a clear view of the spark that sets off a weird type of lightning called a blue jet. Lightning bolts usually...
Snakes do a lot more than slither. Some swim, while others sidewind across sand. Some snakes even fly. The brown tree snake has a brand-new...
Physicists have measured the shortest span of time ever. It’s 0.000000000000000000247 second, also known as 247 zeptoseconds. And this period is how it takes a...
Airplanes pump a lot of carbon dioxide, or CO2, into Earth’s atmosphere. That waste, a greenhouse gas, contributes to global warming. But someday, CO2 instead...
Edgard Rivera-Valentín first visited the Arecibo Observatory as a little kid. “I definitely remember this feeling of just being awestruck,” Rivera-Valentín says. The telescope was...
Jupiter is the first planet other than Earth seen to host what appear to be atmospheric light shows called “sprites” or “elves.” Understanding light and...
Past observations had suggested there’s water on the moon. New telescope observations now find those findings hold water. Spacecraft had seen evidence of water ice...
