Deep in the Arctic Circle, there’s a man-made hole that once earned the nickname “the entrance to hell.” The Kola Superdeep ...

China begins drilling a six-mile-deep scientific well named Shendi Take 1 to explore the depths of the Earth and its secrets.

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black holes. In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes ...

This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from decades of global action under the Montreal Protocol. Declining chlorine levels ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth observation every ...

A mysterious ring of light is thought to surround every black hole, and Alex Lupsasca wants to glimpse one for the first time. The tendril-thin halo, called a photon ring, has the power to reveal ...

In a major leap forward, scientists, using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), have captured the sharpest images yet of distant galactic centers. Using light at a frequency of 345 GHz, they’ve peered ...

The highest energy neutrino ever detected from space may finally have an origin story. Mathematical analyses suggest that the ghost particle could’ve come from a theoretical object known as a ...

An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disk wobbles. In this context, the wobble refers to the orbit of material surrounding the ...