Montgomery happened to find strikingly similar behavior in the prime numbers— specifically, the correlations between the ...

The federal government is keeping up appearances at Yosemite National Park, even as it’s furloughed much of its staff.

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

The Science Siblings recruited 4-year-old Tukker and 2-year-old Jayger for a density experiment using fruits and veggies.

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Are your boobs keeping secrets? Today is “World Dense Breast Day,” raising awareness for a trait that increases cancer risk and makes tumors harder to detect using traditional screening methods — and ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, ...

The third interstellar object ever detected in the solar system will make a close approach to Mars, giving the opportunity for spacecraft and orbiters around the red planet to capture the interstellar ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

A federal government shutdown resulted in the furlough of approximately 15,000 NASA civil servants, necessitating the suspension of most agency functions, including educational support, public access, ...

In a distant stretch of the universe, more than 10 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers have discovered something ...

The mysterious interstellar object traveling through our solar system has been spotted acting like no other comet ever seen before, revealing its alien origins. Scientists from Michigan State ...