Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

When scientists unwittingly turned helium into a superfluid — a feat many thought was impossible — Dr. Leggett not only recognized what had happened but also explained how.

Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Tuesday in a nine-hour spectacular, shooting fountains of lava some 1,300 feet into the air, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

The Star’s Matt Elliott expresses the feelings of many parents, relatives, teachers and others who cherish the existing Ontario Science Centre.

Woodturning can sometimes produce unexpected results. In this experiment, a bowl is pushed to its limits on the lathe to see what happens when wood fails under stress. The results are dramatic and ...

We all have a concept of reality. We know what is “fact” and what isn’t. However, the truth of the matter is that the definition of “real” is a mere construct of the brain. If that didn’t blow your ...

Members of Yankton’s Discovery Group chapter of the Sierra Club were treated to a presentation on South Dakota’s Sanford ...

A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a ...

Uncover the story of Arizona’s most unique science museum, where giant installations, advanced tech, and unforgettable ...

Researchers at the University of Tuebingen, working with an international team, have developed an artificial intelligence that designs entirely new, sometimes unusual, experiments in quantum physics ...

Trump is putting the U.S. economy on a "sugar high" and leaving other people holding the bill when it comes due a decade from ...