Category Science

A supermassive black hole that tore apart a star years ago is now blasting out energy that rivals a gamma-ray burst, potentially making it one of the most powerful single…

The American pronghorn can outrun every land predator in North America. Its speed has often been linked to the now-extinct American cheetah, based on the idea that only a predator…

It’s not every day that you get to run a mummy-filled sarcophagus through a CT scanner. But a research team at the University of Southern California (USC) has been doing…

The depths of Earth pose numerous questions about the planet’s ancient past, but digging for answers hasn’t exactly been easy. Scientists aren’t yet certain about what goes on at the…

Most cat owners know one thing for certain: cats need meat. Unlike humans, they cannot manufacture key nutrients from plant-based foods, which makes them true carnivores. Yet isotope measurements from…

Birds didn’t invent flight — but they’re pretty good at it. So good, in fact, that the evolution of birds from dinosaurs makes them the oldest group of flying vertebrates…

NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first to carry astronauts in the Artemis program, is now targeting a March 2026 launch opportunity after engineers concluded a key prelaunch fueling test at…

Views of Jupiter consistently capture its atmosphere swirling with wild storms, but there’s more to find beneath this chaotic scene. The clouds enveloping this gas giant are so dense that…

From frogs and fish to birds and humans, vertebrates span an enormous range of forms. They include animals with backbones, complex nervous systems, and specialized organs that distinguish them from…

Dinosaur evolution is often told through giants, towering herbivores and predators that define museum halls. But a new discovery suggests that some of the most consequential evolutionary shifts may be…