Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday.
Antarctica plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system by reflecting solar radiation back into space. The large white ice ...
A rainbow appeared in San Diego on Thursday morning, creating a colorful spectacle for early risers, as isolated rain showers ...
Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...
Creatures that can change from one form to another are a staple of science fiction: Think werewolves and Transformers. Nature, too, has its shapeshifters, such as dimorphic fungi. While scientists ...
The 19th century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins paid homage to the kingfisher’s brilliant plumage in his poem “As Kingfishers ...
The first eclipse of 2026 will be an annular solar eclipse, leaving a glowing outer ring of fire around the moon ...
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...