The world’s biggest dark matter search saw a particle it cannot explain

A white paper gives research groups four priority models, each of which uses artificial intelligence differently.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds that have been detected so far.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds that have been detected so far.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds as have been detected so far.

The US pilot programme will provide financial support for four years to more than 250 students, who will gain industry experience.

Erythrulose, which has four carbon atoms, is the most complex sugar spotted beyond our Solar System.

Omar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent.

Once the realm of science fiction, the idea of making Mars habitable is gaining traction. Nature consulted with key scientists to develop this experimental adventure.

Taking another step toward one of the most complex human spaceflight missions in recent history, NASA on Tuesday provided new Artemis III details and

Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history

Researchers are perplexed by a galaxy that seems too large and too dusty for its place in cosmic history, less than a half-billion years after the big bang

As humans, we must be intentional about whether, and how, we explore space.

Radiologists and large language models alike have a hard time picking out real medical images from fake ones.

Radiologists and large language models alike have a hard time picking out real medical images from fake ones.

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope witnessed comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), in the act of breaking apart.

The Large Hadron Collider just produced a never-before-seen particle made of charm and down quarks

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

After a century of study, physicists have theories — but they’re still not 100% sure.

After a century of study, physicists have theories — but they’re still not 100% sure.

Many different bird species have been affiliated with the Seattle Seahawks’ mascot, but none is technically a “seahawk”

The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets.

The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets.

The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets.

After a year of protests from astronomers, authorities have abandoned plans for a giant, light-polluting renewable-energy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert

Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers.

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes

Six institutions have so far rejected the administration’s list of demands over academic freedom concerns.

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many federal laboratories has been suspended.

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.