The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has captured ultraviolet images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing hidden chemical ...

Advanced alien civilizations might not be whispering across the cosmos with radio waves at all, but instead flickering like ...

Abstract: Nature evaluates fitness through dynamic interactions between organisms and their environments, as exemplified by Darwinian evolution. Conversely, physical systems—such as those described by ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...

Within these classic games are brilliant design choices, tucked away behind hidden game mechanics, that bring the entire ...

A team of astronomers have used the Hubble space telescope to capture with direct imaging asteroids smashing into each other ...