Space

In the science-fiction series Dune, the desert-dwelling Fremen of the arid planet Arrakis recycle their body’s moisture using specially designed […]

A chemical element that’s not even in H2O — sulfur — is the reason Earth first got its water, a

Jupiter’s signature feature — its Great Red Spot — might not be the same dark spot seen on the giant

In planet formation, as in poker, you have to play the hand you’re dealt. If an Earthlike planet is the

The star marking true north is a good deal heavier than we thought. The North Star is 5.1 times as

To leave a lasting trail, meteors need to aim low. A new survey of shooting stars shows that meteors that

For millennia, humans have seen inexplicable things in the sky. Some have been beautiful, some have been terrifying, and some

A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of tens of thousands of previously unrecognized

One of the farthest known quasars seems to have shut down the creation of new stars in all the galaxies

Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do