New observations of the center of our galaxy have, for the first time, revealed hotspots in the disk of chaotic gas orbiting our Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

The world's most remote and least contacted tribe wants to be left alone, and they'll use lethal force to make sure of it. But what happens if that contact is accidental?

Researchers want you to know that immersing yourself in your own mind isn't all sunshine and enlightenment.

A common refrain says that we live twice as long as our ancestors while it's our life expectancy that's increased, not our lifespan. And that difference is extremely important to keep in mind.

Voting online would be easy and convenient for millions of voters. But won't solve big problems and we already have an almost equally convenient way to cast your ballot.

Thanksgiving marks the start of the winter holidays and the dread associated with having to deal with relatives and family friends you rather wouldn't...

We think of water as the most essential ingredient for life, but as a recent discovery shows, it can also be toxic to living things in alien environments

A recent paper with a grim notice about the planet's warming oceans was wrong according to a climate change contrarian. Its authors agree.

How do we know what the insides of Venus or Jupiter look like? The short answer is that we don't. The longer answer is that we make a fairly accurately guess.

Black holes aren't just the densest, most massive objects in space. They might also be some of the fastest.

Space is becoming a growing commercial industry. And we need to start heavily investing in it to save ourselves from our worst decision makers.

Some 25 underwater mines mysteriously exploded in the summer of 1972. A newly declassified report points its finger at a surprising culprit: the sun.

It turns out that one of the oldest objects in the known universe is only a few thousand light years from Earth.

The best way to understand the fabric of space and time might just involve a fifth state of matter and falling for a really long time...

A new paper about the bizarre interstellar visitor to our solar system says it may well be a lost alien spacecraft. But there's a big snag with that idea...