We often contemplate future civilizations focusing on science and exploration, but what would such a culture really be like, ...

An international collaboration, including Northwestern University, has reached a critical milestone in the search for dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about 85% of all matter in the ...

Scientists have long thought there are a series of pyramid-like structures on Mars, with recent images showing one that could ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...

Heat shields are designed to protect the surface and cargo of a spacecraft as it enters an atmosphere. Aerospace engineers in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois ...

Abstract: Identifying the influence of metal wire on interfacial energy transfer characteristics is crucial for accurately assessing lightning stroke damage. This study analyzes the impact of metal ...

Wright-Patterson has played a central role in the US military’s real investigations into mysterious objects in the sky — from Cold War-era research programs to efforts to study what the government now ...

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Beginning in the 1970s, U.S. government intelligence agencies investigated the existence of 'remote viewing.' Those files are now declassified.

Romulus director Fede Álvarez decided not to helm the planned sequel after a creative clash with Ridley Scott over Prometheus connective tissue.

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.