The world is experiencing wild swings between drought and deluge, and it spells big trouble for economic and social stability ...

Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab—and that's been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.

The latest research reveals the detailed mechanism of material being pulled into a black hole beyond the event horizon.

A new planet discovered? The Hubble Space Telescope has detected an exciting new exoplanet, adding to the growing list of ...

We know the temperature of Earth ’s inner core is very roughly about 5,000 Kelvin (K) (4,727°C). It was once liquid, but has ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure diabetes and more.

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...