The season's first winter storm — which brought significant snowfall to the Washington, DC, area on January 3, 2022 — could not have come at a better time for the residents of t...

Researchers have long suspected that Mars was once home to several rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans. But while they have been able to detect ice, and some salty lakes, in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) — the world's largest and most complex science telescope —  was successfully launched into space atop a European Ariane 5 rocket on Decembe...

Black History Month, celebrated every February, commemorates the many, often overlooked, contributions African Americans have made to society.  American historian Dr. Carter G. ...

Ants are known to undergo extreme measures to save their own.  Past studies have shown the industrious insects carrying wounded comrades back to the nest to heal and even explod...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai — an underwater volcano located 40 miles (65km) north of  Nuku'alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of  Tonga — has erupted a couple of times over the...

The annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest encourages scientists and artists to showcase their ingenuity by creating clever optical illusions. Now celebrating its seventeenth ...

The Chinese, or Lunar, New Year,  which falls on February 1 this year, is celebrated by over 2 billion people — about 20 percent of the world's population. Also known as the Spr...

For most people, completing the "Explorers Grand Slam," which requires climbing the Seven Summits — the highest mountain in each of the seven continents — and reaching the North...