New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

Is it truly possible that this frozen traveler from another star system could be an alien spacecraft? The suggestion is ...

A mysterious excess of far-ultraviolet light seen across the Milky Way could come from the annihilation of clumpy dark matter ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have achieved the first experimental observation of a ...

Five Gonzaga University undergrads said they had found the scientific explanation for the so-called photographic “glow of life.” ...

Imagine holding a narrow tube filled with salty water and watching it begin to freeze from one end. You might expect the ice ...

Six species of North American bats emit a glow at almost identical wavelengths, according to a recent study. By Sara Novak The reason that some animals glow like the black light posters in your ...

Researchers have developed a light-emitting sugar probe that exposes how marine microbes break down complex carbohydrates. The innovative fluorescent tool allows scientists to visualize when and where ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – In the afternoon sun of a warm autumn day, the trees glow, and the water glistens along this looped trail that blends rustic paths and waterfront boardwalks. Lost Lake Trail at ...

(CNN) — Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...