On a talus-strewn slope in eastern California’s mountains, a gnarled tree twists toward the sky. It is Methuselah, a Great ...

Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP ...

It’s not just in your head — time can actually flip. Physicists in New York have pulled off what sounds like a page ripped from a sci-fi script: They’ve confirmed that “time mirrors,” a trippy ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

Scientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while tracking exactly how much carbon ...

What: A forward-looking SETI Live discussion examining the most significant space science missions, discoveries, and ...

A brilliantly produced and ferociously acted time-and-space obsessed drama that has plenty on its mind, but has trouble communicating it.

Annie Dillard, in The Writing Life, wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this ...