The universe is filled with infinite mysteries, and scientists are tackling them, one celestial puzzle at a time. A multitude of experiments were aboard Virgin Galactic’s inaugural flight on Thursday.

It took ten years for Wim van den Heever to capture his perfect shot. After noticing paw prints and scat in an abandoned mining town along the coast of southern Namibia, he saw an opportunity to snap ...

For the first time, astronomers have assembled a glowing portrait of the Milky Way galaxy using cosmic “ghost particles” detected by a telescope embedded in Antarctica’s ice. Over the years, ...

As police look toward a future where face and iris recognition lets them profile anyone walking down the street, two South Korean artists are using it for something less sinister, though still a bit ...

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