Much of the Van Allen Probe was expected to burn up in the atmosphere, though Nasa said there was a "low" risk of people being struck by surviving components.

Forget cockroaches; science just identified the ultimate survivor that will outlast every other creature on Earth. Even a planet-sterilizing asteroid can't stop this beast from inheriting the world once humans are gone.

In recognition of his work, Matteo Paz won the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, which includes a $250,000 prize that he's putting toward college.

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing regularity.

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they realized the strange dimming was caused by vast clouds of hot …

Observations of a nearby type I superluminous supernova showing oscillating light-curve bumps provide evidence of a centrally located magnetar in the wake of the explosion, surrounded by an infalling accretion disk undergoing Lense–Thirring precession.

Reflect Orbital's proposal has sparked significant disapproval among some scientists, who fear disruptions for all living things.

A pangenome reference for the phenotypically diverse crop sorghum aims to help accelerate future efforts to breed crops that are better adapted to changing environments.

"This is convincing proof that not all neutron star–black hole pairs share the same origin."