A new study published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) proposes using gravitational wave detectors like LIGO to search for ...

"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they’re streaming through the universe, doing their own thing. And the probability is, they’re going through the inner solar system at ...

This discovery indicates that formaldehyde contributed to the formation of organic matter on ancient Mars, implying that bio-important molecules such as sugars and ribose (a component of RNA, which is ...

Although Mars is currently a cold, dry planet, geological evidence suggests that liquid water existed there around 3 to 4 ...

Scientists may have found a way to see gravity for the first time ever. Here's everything that we know so far.

A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

A long-awaited calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the ...

Ice: merely solid water, but a wonder substance. Water itself is a miraculous substance, possessing a host of unusual ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.