Avaneesh Pandey

The red dwarf, which is the Sun's nearest stellar neighbor, actually orbits its two brighter companions — Alpha Centauri A and B — fresh observations have revealed.

The larvae of these fingernail-sized creatures possess an internal magnetic compass that directs them home even when there are no sun or stars to guide them.

In the study, published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, a team of researchers has characterized the ability of distinct but related species to interbreed and exchange genes.

A new study has found that not only do antibiotic-sensitive bacteria survive for longer when surrounded by drug-resistant counterparts, they eventually outgrow the latter.

The snowpack, which is the source of roughly a third of California's water supply, had a water content of 10.5 inches, just 72 percent of the Dec. 27 average.

Images captured using two separate instruments on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed a baffling discrepancy — one that relates to the cloud cover on Saturn's largest moon.

The computer model tracks the path of individual particles in the accretion disk plasma around the supermassive black hole, instead of treating its motion as a macroscopic fluid.

The white paper published Tuesday revealed China's plans to explore asteroids, the Jupiter system and to send a probe to Mars and the far side of the Moon.

The publication of the paper, which deals with intelligent image recognition technology, comes just weeks after Apple lifted restrictions on its scientists sharing research.

Rubin is credited with finding the first observational evidence of dark matter — the mysterious substance that makes up nearly 27 percent of the universe.

NGC 4707 is located 22 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici — Latin for “hunting dogs.”

The rubber-like material can stretch to a staggering 50 times its original length, and can “heal” in a span of just 24 hours after being cut.

The year almost gone by witnessed some of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in decades, even as it provided sobering reminders about the impact of climate change on Earth.

Scientists believe understanding the factors affecting the growth and decline of phytoplankton populations is key to comprehending changes in the global carbon cycle.

The silicon-based device, created by researchers at Princeton University, could eventually help build viable and robust quantum computers.

The image, which shows the pockmarked surface of the 52-mile-wide body, was taken by the spacecraft during its flyby Sunday.

The discovery of ripples in the fabric of space-time — first predicted by Einstein in 1915 — was named the "Breakthrough of the Year" by the journal Science.

The rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine — developed with the help of the Canadian government — was found to be effective in a trial involving over 11,800 people in Guinea.

On Thursday, the president-elect alarmed nonproliferation experts when he called for the U.S. to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability."

The TanSat satellite, launched on board a Long March-2D rocket on Thursday, was sent to a sun synchronous orbit roughly 435 miles from the surface of Earth.

A team of Dutch researchers has created a “mini-factory” of drugs contained within artificial leaves made of materials known as luminescent solar concentrators. 

The president-elect may find it hard to overturn Obama's decision to earmark parts of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans as “indefinitely” off-limits to offshore oil and gas drilling.

Peter Navarro — author of books like “Death by China” and “The Coming China Wars” — has long been a no-holds-barred critic of America’s trade relations with China.

The two “festive” looking nebulae are located so close to each other that they are referred to by one collective name — NGC 248.

The images, captured over the past four years by the 1.8-meter telescope on the summit of Haleakalā in Hawaii, show up to 3 billion stars, galaxies and other celestial objects.

The Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace satellite is equipped with nine instruments to study the Van Allen radiation belts.

Artificial intelligence-driven automation will be a crucial driver of economic growth, but it could also lead to a massive disruption in the jobs market, the White House warned in a new report.

A new study argues that KIC 8462852's dramatic dimming events may be the result of a phenomenon intrinsic to the star, rather than of structures orbiting it.

An analysis of 81 months of data gathered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope has failed to reveal dark-matter induced emission in the cosmic gamma-ray background radiation.