Dear Pandas, consider this our virtual group hug and thank-you note for another year of making the internet a weirder, more wonderful place. As we wrap up 2024, we're unleashing our ultimate ...

It seems like Mercury, sitting so close to the sun, should already be a dead planet. Scientists thought the humble hunk of rock that’s only slightly girthier than Earth’s moon would have been battered ...

Every year, scientists discover something new and amazing about the universe. Some of these you'll hear about no problem, but just as many will never get enough coverage to become general knowledge.

One of the most amazing discoveries about the Great Lakes is that there are so many discoveries to be made. The latest: sinkholes at the bottom of Lake Michigan. On Aug. 21, a team of scientists ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Exploring black holes and diving into the power of memory are just a couple of highlights from the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Science Festival. The weeklong event hopes to ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space for $10 billion. A month later, it reached its goal in solar orbit at a ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of your jokes. “I’ve heard them all. I know them all,” says Heidi Hammel, a ...