A slowly spinning universe could resolve a puzzle in physics known as the Hubble tension, a new model suggests.

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent ...

On April 1, 2025, the Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC introduced the world's most advanced microchip: the 2 nanometre (2nm) chip.

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, ...

About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say ...

New research suggests that the unexpected intensity of the ongoing solar maximum may be partly tied to a lesser-known, ...