On a faraway planet, James Webb Space Telescope has picked up signs of molecules that, on Earth, are produced only by living ...

It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion ...

A weakening of Earth’s magnetic field known as the Laschamps event would have increased the threat of solar radiation, ...

Feedback was pleased to come across journalist Taylor Lorenz's coining of the word "viralflation", as videos with hundreds of ...

Quantum theory started with a bout of hay fever, and went on to transform our view of the universe – but its legacy isn't ...

Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything ...

More readers wade into the debate on whether it is better to carry a container of water and drink when necessary or guzzle ...

Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US ...

One reader draws on his chemistry days to explain why some types of plastic become fragile after exposure to ultraviolet ...

The idea that the rise of tech means today's young people are less intelligent than previous generations is rife – but wrong, ...

Readers explain that this colouration pattern in many living things is all about camouflage, while its opposite tends to ...

Why are hominin fossils in caves often buried under metres of sediment? And can two negatively charged black holes repel each ...