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

Known as blue straggler stars, these age-defying celestial objects have mystified astronomers for more than 70 years. "Blue ...

Attention marathon runners, triathletes and other endurance athletes: If you’re after a high-end sports watch, minus the ...

By targeting three key growth pathways at once, researchers eliminated pancreatic tumors in multiple mouse models and ...

A new study comparing 59 species of primates linked same-sex sexual behavior to scarce resources and more predators in ...

Many objects in space rotate. Earth completes a spin in roughly 24 hours, while Venus takes a whopping 243 Earth days. The moon's rotational period is about 27 days. The sun, it turns out, also ...

Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

The ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina has reached a staggering 789 cases, making it the largest outbreak of the disease since the U.S. eliminated measles in 2000.

New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an ...

On the night of Feb. 2, skywatchers in eastern North America can see the moon occult Regulus — a rare event visible to the naked eye.

An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of ...