Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges traditional models and supports the idea that planets may form one by one in ...

When people picture Olympians, they often imagine full-time athletes whose lives revolve entirely around training, travel, and competition. The reality, however, is far more complex — and often far ...

Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical ...

"There's a bunch of reasons, a bunch of evidence, in fact, which demonstrates a clear [connection]." PhD student debunks ...

In our three-dimensional space, elementary particles neatly filter into either bosons or fermions. But in lower dimensions, that distinction gets a bit murky.

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

Since it turned on, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of mysterious red blobs in space. The so-called Little ...