The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

At least 64 cases in 22 states have been identified so far, though the true toll is "likely much higher," CDC health officials say. Reading time 2 minutes If you’re looking to start 2026 on the right ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a technosignature. Reading time 3 minutes From the moment astronomers discovered ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

The measles outbreak in the United States is now in its 11th month, with almost 2,000 cases. The Timmons family were some of the first people to get sick. Five members of the Timmons family were ...

At least 20 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Raw oysters have been linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS. In July, ...

As of December 23, 2025, 64 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Telelkebir have been reported from 22 states: Illinois 1, Kentucky 1, Maine 1, Missouri 1, North Carolina 1, South ...

Cameron revealed what this choice was in a discussion with Michael Biehn on his Just Fooling About podcast, and it started when Biehn, who played Corporal Hicks in the film, asked Cameron if he was ...

A salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters has sickened seven New Yorkers, including at least one person on Long Island, and more than 60 others nationwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...