Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're all connected.

This red Loungefly purse is shaped like a gondola on the Disney Skyliner. In the window are Donald and Daisy. Daisy has an ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

New research suggests that Venus could be much more geologically active than previously thought. A groundbreaking study by ...

Starting today, the Apple Maps app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac now displays Indigenous lands in Australia and New Zealand, such as reserves and protected areas. In a press release, Apple said the ...

When you order your Pluto Pillow, you answer a brief questionnaire, and then the algorithm crafts an entirely customized pillow for you—no matter what, your pillow price stays the same.

Melva Hardison was born in Tennessee and raised near Florence, Alabama. She began working at a family cafe when she was 12. She was raised by her aunt. She had other odd jobs in the mostly rural ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.