Physics
Earth's electrons may be forming water on the moon
Data from a lunar probe showed that the Earth's electrons may be contributing to the moon's weathering processes.
NASA satellite photo shows Russia's Luna-25 moon crash site
A new crater has appeared on the moon's surface after Russia's failed moon mission spiraled out of control.
Neptune's secrets are finally being unraveled
Scientists have seen a dark spot on Neptune from Earth for the first time as more discoveries about the ice giant are made.
Japanese astronomers await alien response to message sent 40 years ago
The message consisted of 13 drawings depicting the progression of life on Earth, a human family, and the word "toast."
Scientists discover new type of star that could unlock magnetic mystery
"We don't really know how these objects form, so finding a potential formation route for these objects is exciting," astronomer Tomer Shenar told Newsweek.
Superconductor and nuclear fusion breakthroughs could revolutionize physics
"Fusion is a transformative global source of limitless, clean, safe energy and we welcome all progress in the field," David Kingham of Tokamak Energy Ltd. said.
Huge sinkhole swallows car in the middle of the night
The sinkhole opened up on a road in Gold Coast, Australia, at around 4 a.m. local time, causing a parked car to fall into it.
Rare white rainbow spotted over world's largest freshwater lake in Siberia
"You cook dinner, raise your eyes, wait out of habit for impenetrable fog, and there is such a miracle," photographer Aleksey Svatov said.
Scientists solve mystery of why they couldn't find ancient craters
Craters deeper than 6 miles and older than 2 billion years may have eroded away completely, scientists have found.
OceanGate founder wants to send people to Venus: 'Eureka!'
Guillermo Söhnlein believes humans could be living on Venus by 2050.
UFO hearings: How top scientists reacted to revelations
One academics said the hearing had yielded "insufficient data to form any opinion or even inform a perspective."
It turns out a star's twinkle isn't a nice sound at all
"They sound like rhythmic noise, almost like a jackhammer mixed with the static you hear between radio stations," astrophysicist Evan Anders told Newsweek.
Oppenheimer's Berkeley home on sale for $1.5m
The house where the "father of the atomic bomb" lived when teaching at UC Berkeley is on the market, although an ad for the property makes no mention of him.
Strange radio signals detected from spinning mystery object in space
The object, thought to be a magnetar, was found to emit radio waves every 22 minutes, much slower than other magnetars which pulse around once per second.
Planets might have "siblings," astronomers find
A cloud of debris is seemingly orbiting around a star in the same path as another planet, in the first evidence of two exoplanets sharing an orbit.
Astronomers discover surprising similarity between Earth and Mercury
The mechanism behind the northern lights could be universal throughout our solar system.
Active supermassive black hole formed soon after the big bang discovered
The black hole resides in a galaxy known as CEERS 1019, which existed 570 million years after the big bang.
Scientists got the date of one of Europe's biggest volcanic eruptions wrong
The Laacher See volcano is thought to have erupted around 12,880 years ago, with more power than the eruption of Vesuvius.
Rodeo cowboy and his horse killed by lightning strike
Around 10 percent of people that are struck by lightning die, with the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year being less than one in a million.
Symphony of most powerful gravitational waves ever discovered by scientists
Large gravitational waves have been found rippling through the background of space-time. "We've opened a new window of observation on the universe," said one researcher.
Black hole discovery creates "chicken-or-egg" problem for astrophysicists
Findings published in a "Nature" study on June 28 show that these black holes and their host galaxies are billions of times larger than our sun.
Fact Check: Did Titan implosion cause vessel to become as hot as the sun?
The deep-sea submersible experienced a "catastrophic implosion" during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic.
Powerful X-class solar flare causes radio blackout over U.S. : 'Kaboom!'
X-class is the most powerful type of solar flare, 1 million times stronger than a nuclear bomb.
Scientists link cosmic radiation to earthquakes for the first time
Despite the exciting discovery, scientists remain puzzled as to how they can use the information to pinpoint forthcoming earthquakes.
Earth's spin has shifted—and humans are to blame
The axis around which our planet spins drifted around 31 inches east over a roughly 20-year period due to certain human activities.
Easily spot Jupiter and its four largest moons tonight
Skygazers will be able to see the Galilean satellites clearly if they are treated with clear skies.
NASA detects water plume the size of U.S. streaming from Saturn's moon
The discovery has scientists excited about the possibility of alien life on icy Enceladus, one of Saturn's 100-plus moons.
What the storms of Jupiter can teach us
Lightening on Jupiter and Earth may actually be comparable, despite the two planets being vastly different.
Sun ejection may hit Earth's magnetic field, causing geomagnetic storms
The solar event may lead to auroras glowing in the night sky.
"Never seen anything like it": Strange auroras spotted in night sky
These unusual lights are different from normal auroras, as they are the result of Earth's ring current causing protons to rain down on our planet.