Beneath glowing constellations and city lights, this year’s Paly Prom promises a night under the stars at San Francisco’s ...

The interior of asteroid Vesta has been shown not to be a protoplanet after all, meaning that new explanations for its origin ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy dazzles in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC ...

On Friday, May 2, Sister Catherine, a beloved honors math teacher and cafeteria ruler of 58 years, received the surprise of ...

Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are often dismissed as hallucinations or brain malfunctions, but a new study gives voice to those who have lived them.

A sudden, record-breaking gamma-ray burst lit up the cosmos—leaving scientists stunned and searching for answers. the ...

Cuttlefish wave their expressive arms in four distinctive dancelike signals—potentially letting them communicate visually and ...

The coffee program at The Mud House approaches the humble bean with reverence but without pretension. Their house coffee delivers that perfect morning embrace – robust enough to command attention but ...

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

The heart averages 10 to 12 pounds (4.5-5.4 kg), or about 1% of the animal's body weight, compared with half a percent for ...