Composite image of the OMC-1 cloud in Orion showing the sometimes explosive nature of star birth, when several young stars were ejected from the region about 500 years ago. Source: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO ...

Words escape you. Your skin tingles. You are overwhelmed by how small and insignificant you really are, bursting with a ...

Hiking through a spectacular mountain valley, singing in a church choir, or gazing at a masterpiece…all experiences that can elicit awe. What sparks that feeling of joy or wonder is different for ...

Your brain isn’t built for endless stress. This overlooked emotion can hit the reset button. The northern lights, seen here over Tasiilaq Fjord, Greenland, in 2017, can trigger awe—a state scientists ...

It’s the goosebumps you get at the crescendo of your favorite song; the stupefying wonder that comes with witnessing a birth or a death; the astonishing mystery we feel when gazing at the vast night ...

Experiencing awe can help us slow down and connect to the world around us. So how can we harness the power of this feeling? Host Dacher Keltner leads us in a colorful meditation to bring about awe.

A psychologist argues that the sensation is not mysterious, but rather an emotion that scientists can detect. By Emma Goldberg There’s a type of awe that surrounds the Jewish High Holy Days that is ...

How spending time among redwoods and other trees sparks awe and enhances our well-being. Social psychologist Paul Piff (UC Irvine) considers some of the ways that spending time among redwoods and ...