School's almost out for summer, or whatever constitutes a summer break aboard Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 's USS Athena. This semester has flown by, especially as the final two episodes of the season ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has eliminated the possibility that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in December 2032, resolving a years-long planetary defense alert that once ranked among the ...

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

A simple explanation of Earth’s rotation speed, how it creates day and night, and how scientists measure the planet’s motion.

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have conducted the most detailed simulation of the interior of stars and disproved a theory scientists have believed for 45 years: that stars switch their ...

When English author J.R.R. Tolkien crafted his fantasy world Middle-earth, he argued storytellers are essentially “sub-creators” – they build fictional realms with internally consistent laws. For a ...

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated away from the core of the Milky Way galaxy together long ago, potentially making the solar system more hospitable to life.

A young environmental activist transforms herself into a beaver in this off-the-wall eco-themed comedy. It's the liveliest ...

This sprawling thrift store has become the destination for shoppers who understand that smart spending isn’t about deprivation, it’s about knowing where to find incredible value. That bold red sign ...