Colorful peacock spiders owe their vibrance to microlenses Colors on the abdomens of male peacock spiders appear extremely bright because of black patches [...]

Underwater cave holds remains of ancient bear, wolf-like creatures Bear and wolf-like fossils dating back about 11,000 years have been found in an [...]

Across the solar system, at least, more water probably exists as superionic ice — filling the interiors of Uranus and Neptune — than [...]

AI might have ability to spot alien life Artificial intelligence may be the key to finding intelligent alien life, writes Michael Oman-Reagan of [...]

Elements of proton's mass deciphered A complicated process inside a proton accounts for the bulk of the particle's mass, according to findings published [...]

Small digital computers played key role in lunar landing 50 years ago The first moon landing 50 years ago would not have been [...]

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been testing the agency's next planetary spacecraft, Mars 2020. NASA tests capsule for its Mars 2020 [...]

Earth's ocean wilderness areas shrinking, study suggests The number of the world's ocean wilderness areas, places with high levels of biodiversity that are [...]

Mercury's huge inner core is solid Mercury's inner core is huge and solid, according to data collected by the MESSENGER spacecraft in its [...]

Researchers track effect of opioids in wastewater on fish Researchers such as Randall Peterson and Gabriel Bosse of the University of Utah are [...]