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It may come as a shock that the depths of Earth’s oceans are more alien to scientists than the surface of the moon, 240,000 miles away in space.

But it’s true: With cameras and sensors, spacecraft have mapped…

Out of all the planets in our solar system beyond Earth, most consider Saturn’s beauty to be the most spectacular, with a set of rings that have inspired curiosity for hundreds of years.

In the 17th century, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei…

Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend.

What do you get when you combine chicken embryos, a gene named after a video game character, and a couple of scientists? A brand-new study that’s confirmed a key element in feather evolution, after it temporarily caused developing chicks to…

On Jan. 28, 2024, Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a brain chip implant from Neuralink, the neurotechnology company owned by Elon Musk. The implant seemed to work: Arbaugh, who is paralyzed, learned to control a computer mouse…

Microsoft announced last month it had created a “topological qubit,” which the company says can power a quantum computer more reliably than previously developed quantum qubits and which they believe will speed development of ultrafast…

David Orwig tries not to think of changes in the natural world as “better” or “worse.” He just sticks with “different.” And after decades of warming winters, Harvard Forest today is decidedly different.

“Every day, walking…

Superconductors, materials that can transmit electricity without resistance, have fascinated physicists for over a century. First discovered in 1911 by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who observed the phenomenon in solid mercury cooled…