How a robot built to walk on alien ice got the cold shoulder—and then (possibly) lived to see another day.

The findings suggest black holes could provide a cheaper, natural alternative to billion-dollar particle colliders, if we can figure out how to harness them.

A 600-year-old stellar event described in cryptic language finally gets a scientific ID.

As scientists use machine learning to decode the sounds of whales, dogs, and dolphins, opinions vary on how best to deploy the technology.

Brood XIV will emerge this summer to overwhelm predators, shake up ecosystems, and terrify everyone with eardrums.

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual unwrapping.

A regional severe weather outbreak is on the table, with strong tornadoes and very large hail possible across parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

The Jones Road Fire tore through over 15,300 acres of drought-stricken Pine Barrens—leaving a smoky scar visible from space.

A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms fall.