When our planet and the incoming sunlight align just right, stunning phenomena such as rainbows and halos can occur. More ...

Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have demonstrated how genetically engineered enzymes can ...

Mothers and mother figures play a deeply foundational role in our lives. This Mother’s Day, five writers honor the women who ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Science City at Union Station has opened its newest exhibit, Light Lab. The exhibit incorporates several interactive tools to learn more about light and how it works. The ...

With cruise ships now the size of floating cities, what happens when one breaks down? That’s where the world’s largest semi-submersible heavy transport ship, the BOKA Vanguard, comes in. Designed to ...

Universe of Art is hosted and produced by Dee Peterschmidt, who also wrote the music. Our show art is illustrated by Abelle ...

Light can tie knots—literally. Engineers at Duke University have managed to manipulate laser beams to form intricate 3D patterns called optical knots, using custom-designed optics. These twisted beams ...

Dr Nikku Madhusudhan of Indian origin and his team of scientists have made research enough to shed at least some light on many of your curiosities ... enigmatic living creatures in movies and read in ...

Listen to Story The shower is best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere It is recommended to watch during the pre-dawn hours The shower surprises watchers with sudden bursts of activity The Lyrid ...

A beam of light doesn't sound like a material that can create a knot. But it is. Imagine throwing several rocks into a pond all at once. At a certain point on the water's surface, the resulting ...

There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation ... Sara Seager, a professor of planetary science at MIT, ...

The K2-18b, located 120 light-years away, has shown signs of molecules that are produced by simple organisms on Earth. The revelation follows the discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope which ...