For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the ...

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the universe in unprecedented detail, from violent cosmic collisions to faraway ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life.

Despite geopolitical tension and national budget woes, one message rang out loud and clear at Living Planet Symposium 2025: ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak", Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

From a group of playful otters vying over a fresh fish to weeping plum trees glistening in the rain, the final selection of a National Geographic challenge open to amateur photographers have ...

Atomic clocks and our computer networks are the new, far superior form of time measurement, but we’re forcing them to keep in sync with this older form of measurement,” remarks Dr. David Gozzard, an ...

National Geographic has launched the ourHOME sweepstakes, where one lucky winner will earn a National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions trip to Antarctica for two.