Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books

The event resulted in a new black hole with a mass 225 times larger than our Sun. [...]

The Perseids Meteor Shower Brings Bright Fireballs to the Skies, Starting This Week

During its peak, you may see upwards of 50 to 100 meteors per hour if you're in a place where it's dark enough. [...]

Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon

"This is very early evidence of a preacher weaving pop culture into a sermon to keep his audience hooked." [...]

20 figures who changed history but are rarely taught in school

From a medieval Islamic engineer to a Black NASA mathematician, these overlooked figures altered the course of science, politics, and human rights in ways most schools never mention [...]

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.) [...]

What is pheromone-maxxing? The no-shower trend, explained.

Pheromone-maxxing has some young men skipping showers and deodorant to boost attraction. Here's what the science says and how it connects to looksmaxxing. [...]

There's a Growing Weak Spot in Earth's Magnetic Field. What it Means

The weak spot has been known about for over half a century, but it's now getting bigger. [...]

A Newly Discovered ‘Einstein’s Cross’ Reveals the Existence of a Giant Dark Matter Halo

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. [...]

Where Are All the AI Drugs?

In an industry where 90 percent of drug candidates fail before reaching the market, a handful of startups are betting everything on AI to beat the odds. [...]