For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, catching a substance that usually hides behind the familiar H2O formula in the ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

A team of astronomers believe they've witnessed, for the first time, a star exploding in a mythical "superkilonova." ...

The crack created by this activity could then have become something of a wind tunnel for sand-laden gusts sweeping across the ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslong trip to study a key glacier in Antarctica.

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, ...

Apple’s new podcast 'Adrift' brings an extraordinary survival story to life with never-before-heard details about the ...