Microscopic crystals extracted from meteorites could help settle a debate about the birth of our patch of the Milky Way.

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Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during ...

Large protein machines in the body carry out many of the cell's most essential tasks, from energy production to the ...

A new map has revealed where 75% of the US population would perish in a nuclear attack on American soil. It comes as the US ...

Florida's early morning sky was home to more than just the sun on March 4. Watch as a SpaceX rocket creates a "jellyfish" in ...

The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

A 17-year-old whose science experiment led to a massive probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and hazardous ...