They’re in your drawers, on your desk, wrapped around your vegetables—and yet you probably don’t give them a second thought.

The Arctic Ocean, though smallest, significantly influences global climate and hosts unique wildlife. Surrounded by Eurasia, ...

According to the history books, founded in 1842 and opening in 1844, the Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest public art museum ...

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and also the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury orbits the Sun at an ...

The discovery resets our understanding of how ice behaves in the frigid vastness of deep space and could influence our ...

Are we living in a cosmic void? New theory suggests our galaxy sits in a giant hole warping the universe's expansion.

In this episode of The List Show, host and Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy covers some facts about space that are going to warp your perspective.

Discover the fascinating world of astrophotography. Learn how to capture deep space objects despite the challenges of light pollution and camera heat.

A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they've solved the mystery by Clancy William James, The Conversation ...

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange and exciting new object in space. Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a ...