This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe, depicts the relatively uniform brightness ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

Scientists have uncovered a colossal, previously hidden hydrogen cloud, named Eos, just 300 light-years from Earth — the ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

Once reviled, the Greater Adjutant stork was nearly extinct, but the conservation efforts of Dr. Purnima Devi Barman and her 'Hargila Army' has turned the bird's fate around. Greater Adjutant ...

In Ocala National Forest, Florida, a cicada slowly unfurls its wings and expands its body after emerging from its exoskeleton. Photograph By Nicholas Conzone All periodical cicadas in a given year ...

Similarly, the EU’s introduction of its new Entry/Exist System, or EES, has been delayed until October 2025. No action is required before your departure to an EU country. (Related ...

Sea moss is rich in nutrients—but it can also contain dangerous levels of heavy metals and iodine. Here’s what to know before you take it. A mix of kelp, Irish moss, and sea lettuce harvested ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The wreck sleeps in darkness, a puzzlement of corroded steel strewn across a thousand acres of the North Atlantic seabed.

NEW YORK (AP) — A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night. The sun earlier this week burped out huge bursts of ...

The city, which replaced coastal Karachi as the national capital in 1967, is now home to more than 1.2 million people. It feels ordered on the one hand, with fig tree-lined avenues and blank-faced ...