Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

A multilayered semiconductor acting as an optical sensor opens the way to miniaturized, adjunct spectrometers.

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

Australia already holds the unhappy distinction of having the world’s most expensive passport, and another price increase is ...

Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may ...

Both of Friday’s Astronomical Unit lectures are related to celestial phenomena not discernible to human senses. David ...

Liquids and solutions are complex environments—think, for example, of sugar dissolving in water, where each sugar molecule ...

A team of astronomers studying the distribution of galaxies in nearby space has discovered something truly extraordinary: a ...

The eighth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a young star cluster carving out space inside a ...

Learn to decode James Webb photos with this JWST image guide, offering clear space image explanation and beginner-friendly insights into stunning infrared telescope images.

A new satellite called Sentinel 5A has started sending back its first images, capturing fresh views of Earth's ozone hole.

Researchers have discovered a large, orderly spiral galaxy that formed soon after the Big Bang, when space was only about 1.5 ...