From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the universe on scales big and small in 2025.

Open the Youtube video The origin of life is one big chemical Catch-22. It always has been. To get life started, you need a ...

IndieWire chooses the best shot TV shows of 2025, including 'The Studio,' 'Pluribus,' 'The Righteous Gemstones,' 'Severance' and 'The Pitt.' ...

Magic thrived in 2025, but its success came with big questions about identity, crossovers, and what comes next.

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about. My colleagues and I have published a new study that suggests ...

From Black Mirror to The Handmaid’s Tale, these are the most grounded speculative series that bend reality without totally ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

The late 90s and early 2000s saw an explosion in sci-fi shows thanks to the continued success of Star Trek. While the decade ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

But there are several important anomalies, including a widely debated one called the Hubble tension. It is named after Edwin ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to ...