The shortest ever day on Earth is recorded today, with Earth rotating 1.3 milliseconds faster than the standard time, ...

In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...

Every episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is feature-length to give the rotating ... Nelson), Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy), ...

In May the atmosphere’s concentration of carbon dioxide exceeded 430 parts per million for the first time in recorded history. That’s bad news for many ecosystems and for human communities and ...

For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

When a new “Superman” movie debuts this weekend, it will embrace America’s icons – and its cultural debates. The Man of Steel ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

Recent physics studies have found that light can sometimes flow in unexpected ways, behaving like a so-called "superfluid." ...

For most of human history, Earth has been known as the “Pale Blue Dot,” a term popularized by astronomer Carl Sagan when ...

Our top-rated star projector, the Orzorz Galaxy Lite, is now $59 for Amazon Prime Day, and includes 5 projection discs to get ...