Gallery: Explore an Abandoned Cold War Base in the Middle of the Ocean

While oil is known to float, new research finds that over time it can permeate even extremely deep marine habitats, with animal populations declining by as much as 80 percent.

Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring communities.

Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

This week, the Pentagon released a full-resolution image of the vehicle, the capabilities of which remain rather mysterious.

Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.

Bluesky tells WIRED it blocked links to a leaked archive of information on 41,000 ICE, CBP, and other DHS workers because it contains people’s contact information, shared without their authorization.

The data drop includes photographs, audio, video, and astronauts’ notes that will be used to study the moon and prepare for future human missions.

The new image isn’t just stunning—it may also provide clues about how this star survived its own explosion.

Scientists left structures up to 100 meters under the surface. Here’s what they found when they retrieved them 10 years later.