Natural Sciences Division

The University of Washington-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory is taking the discovery of the nearest planet found to our own solar system to the next phase.

KOMO Radio's Herb Weisbaum interviews Rory Barnes, professor of astronomy at the UW, about the potential for habitability of Proxima b.

The discovery of a roughly Earth-size planet around Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to Earth, has generated a lot of buzz.

Biologists at the University of Washington are launching a long-term study that involves testing medications that could enhance dogs' life spans.

A study led by the University of Washington shows that popular long-term drought estimates have a major flaw.

Baby talk is loved and hated amongst many, but what if baby talk was actually good for babies?

A warming planet might not dry out Earth as much as previously believed, because plants will become less thirsty as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises, researchers said Monday.

In case you weren’t on Earth on Wednesday, here’s what you missed: Astronomers found a planet as close by as a planet could possibly be — in the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri.

An Earth-sized planet that could boast water, even an ocean, has been found circling the star nearest our sun.

On Wednesday astronomers made the kind of announcement that can only occur once in human history: the discovery of the nearest potentially habitable world beyond our solar system.

Seattle's Burke Museum took delivery of what's recognized as one of the finest T.rex skulls in the world today.

Dougsley--the UW's young corpse plant--has relocated temporarily to the Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Seattle’s Burke Museum took delivery of what’s recognized as one of the finest Tyrannosaurus rex skulls in the world today, but there are still more bones out in Montana to add to the treasure.

A tiny, unseen force could potentially alter our basic understanding of the universe — if it really exists. David McKeen, a theoretical particle physicist at the UW, is quoted.

In 1931, a condition called “premenstrual tension” was described for the first time in a scientific study by gynecologist Robert Frank.