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A new study suggests early asteroid trajectory data could help design faster Mars missions, potentially cutting round-trip travel time to under a year.

A pair of satellite photos reveals the drastic transformation of Canada's Lake Rouge, which was fully drained after the sudden collapse of one of its banks. A multitude of factors led to the demise of the shocked-emoji-like lake, experts say.

Dozens of pieces of bright-green rock discovered in a cave in the Pyrenees may be evidence of copper smelting 7,000 years ago.

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against such stressors, a mouse study finds.

NASA just uploaded more than 12,000 photos snapped by the Artemis II crew during their record-breaking flyby around the moon. Here are some of the most inspiring ones.

Three people have died and three more have fallen ill on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, and hantaviruses may be behind the cases.

Stunning clothes from medieval Christian Nubia have been re-created and put on models, whose performance brought onlookers to tears.

The ornately decorated metal bowl was found as part of a hoard containing dozens of pieces of ancient Roman tableware.

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating 'sacrifice zones' that harm water and health of world's poor.

The Eta Aquariids will peak May 5-6, with debris from Halley's Comet creating swift meteors, though bright moonlight will make them harder to see.

The 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera in Chile has captured an extended halo and a dust-filled disk around the hat-shaped Sombrero Galaxy.

A new study has identified a potentially record-breaking haul of transiting exoplanets, thanks to a machine learning algorithm that analyzed the light curves of more than 80 million previously overlooked stars.

Yellowstone eruptions may be driven by shifts in Earth's crust, rather than a deep well of magma, study finds.

May 2, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

One has stripes, and one doesn't. But do the differences between lions and tigers go deeper than that?

Nathaniel Johnson, a member of NOAA's El Niño forecasting team, says that this year's transition to El Niño could be the fastest on record.

An analysis of 37 urban bird species found that men could get slightly closer to the avians than women could, suggesting that these animals recognize sex differences in humans.

In this excerpt from "What Science Says About Astronomy," author Carlos Orsi examines a 2007 study of 20 million people that showed star signs have no influence on romantic relationships.

May's full moon rises on May Day — May 1 — shortly after sunset, creating a dramatic spectacle for skywatchers.

Chamber pots from the frontier of the Roman Empire have provided the world's earliest evidence of humans infected with the Cryptosporidium parasite.