Once upon a time, Earth may have sported a planetary ring of its very own. The hypothetical ring didn't last long, cosmically ...

followed by a close encounter with a large asteroid passing through the Earth's Roche limit, which then created a ring of ...

Green Lantern has fought evil with the power of will on his side for decades, and DC’s Earth One graphic novel series finally made a major and long-incoming alteration to Hal Jordan’s backstory. DC ...

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

A study from Okayama University links finger length in rats to sexual behavior and preference, offering new insights into ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy sits comfortably above all modern fantasy with regards to influence and world-building. Countless stories have bo ...

When the Blue Origin crew flew to space last April, I had no idea Lauren Sánchez brought a planet back to earth with her—but ...

Inside our cells, ribosomes—the tireless "protein factories" of life—have just shown off a new skill they haven't used in ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping ...