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The secret ingredient is violence, and it just might indicate that “moonmoons” aren’t as uncommon as most astronomers think.

How can “you” move on when the old “you” is gone?

Here’s what recent DESI measurements suggest — and why it’s too early to update conventional predictions about the Universe’s distant future.

The outer planets’ clouds hide the weirdness within.

The answer is set to change in the year 2113, a recent estimate suggests.

The Moon is the most likely place for evidence from the dawn of life on Earth to be preserved in cold storage.

Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.

Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.

It may seem as though top performers are always on, but the secret to their success is taking the time to recharge.

Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure.

Ocean fertilization is extremely controversial, but if done correctly, it just might work.

Would you be upset if I called you an eggplant?

Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.

The “Clovis First” hypothesis for human settlement of North and South America has just been debunked. Where do we go from here?

On Nov. 13, 1946, a scientist dropped crushed dry ice from a plane into supercooled stratus clouds.

Will “Sausage Party” survive the test of time?

According to the CDC, 50 countries worldwide have drinkable tap water. But look closer, and the picture is more nuanced.

Virtually all the statistical methods researchers commonly use assume potential mating partners decide who they will have children with based on a roll of the dice.

We have long thought that Pluto was completely frozen solid, but the discovery of cryovolcanoes challenges that assumption.

All across the Universe, planets come in a wide variety of sizes, masses, compositions, and temperatures. And most have rain and snow.

Chemical changes inside Mars’ core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?

Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.

The costs of such an endeavor would be extremely high, while the potential payoffs would be uncertain.

We don’t know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.

A battle between different kinds of love.

Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.

A famous explorer’s doomed ship is finally found 107 years after it was lost to the Antarctic deep.

Meet the world’s largest landowners.

Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.

The space telescope’s findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.