Brian Cox once toured as a keyboardist in major rock and pop bands. Now he’s a particle physicist on a new world tour with a ...

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In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

A new study shows scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, revealing Earth still holds vast unknown ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

Over 70 new species, from insects to dinosaurs, were identified in 2025 by combining fieldwork, museum collections, and ...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...