Astronomers using the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory have found what may be a new dwarf planet in the outer Solar System.

Gas-rich dwarf galaxies appear to retain only about a tenth of the oxygen their stars have made, according to a census of 37 nearby systems using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Scientists have identified a receptor on sensory nerves that appears to detect a fatty-acid byproduct found at high levels in psoriasis skin, and blocking it eased itch and skin thickening in mice.

Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in Mali four years ago, is a fragment of Mars’ primordial crust, formed ...

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of megaraptorid dinosaur from an incomplete skeleton unearthed in ...

A partial dinosaur skeleton unearthed in a Surrey brickworks in 2001 has been identified as a previously unknown genus and ...

New radio observations with NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show the red supergiant star’s outer atmosphere has rebounded and ...

Paleontologists have described what they say is the first fully marine species of a stem amphibian, Gerrothorax maritimus, ...

A new study led by the University of Cambridge challenges the long-standing idea that comets helped kick-start life on our ...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, reshapes microglia in a narrow region of the brainstem ...

Uranus and Neptune are often described as near-twins, but a new study suggests their chemistry, and possibly their histories, ...

An overlooked particle could have altered the early Universe in ways that helped produce the imbalance between matter and ...