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 ...

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.

Deep inside what we perceive as solid matter, the landscape is anything but stationary. The interior of the building blocks ...

Watching for changes in Mars’ orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter, according to MIT researchers.

Human activities now account for two-thirds of all methane venting to the atmosphere, and our efforts to staunch the flow are ...