Humans have three types of light-sensitive cones in their eyes revealing red, green and blue light - but birds have a fourth, allowing them to see...
NASA leadership and a panel of scientists and engineers will preview NASA's next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, at a media...
Princeton-led team trains wild hummingbirds to discriminate UV color combinations. To find food, dazzle mates, escape predators and navigate diverse terrain, birds rely on their excellent...
The unusual burials hint at complex social structure and spiritual beliefs.
Many serious diseases, including autism, schizophrenia and numerous cardiac disorders, are believed to result from mutation of an individual's DNA. But some large mutations, which still...
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are two of the first people to fly on a SpaceX rocket, a feat they achieved last month.
Night owls in a remote part of western Australia captured a stunning green fireball streaking across the night sky.
Ultracold rubidium atoms in microgravity exhibit both predicted and unexpected behaviors.
The Solar Orbiter project, a collaboration between the European Space Agency and NASA, has begun a critical new stage of the mission after the probe’s first...
The heat was on last month.