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For Star Wars Day, May the 4th, you'll have to use...
Lego has launched the first new Lego Star Wars set of 2025, and it's an absolute beauty, packed with...
Get everybody's favorite droid at its lowest-ever ...
The 2314-piece collectible Lego Star Wars R2-D2 is 30% off at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Da...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 159 — AI in Sp...
On Episode 159 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by David Bell to talk abou...
Astrophotographer captures the moon and Jupiter su...
Astrophotographer Riste Spiroski has captured a striking view of the moon and Jupiter in the sky ove...
The world, the universe and us: We're relaunching ...
After 300 episodes of New Scientist Weekly, it's time for a refresh. Our flagship podcast has a new ...
A whole 'population' of minimoons may be lurking n...
The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, h...
James Webb Space Telescope finds coldest exoplanet...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have confirmed the existence of the first kn...
Will SpaceX's Starbase become a city? Voters will ...
People who live near SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas will vote on Saturday (May 3) to dete...
Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts sur...
Regions from Ukraine to Mongolia are seeing a spike in paired heatwave-drought events as climate cha...
Ruko F11PRO 2 drone review
The Ruko F11PRO 2 is a small drone featuring easy operation and a host of useful features but the sm...
Reshaping our return to the moon: Trump's 2026 bud...
The White House's proposed 2026 budget would reshape NASA's Artemis moon program, canceling the Gate...
Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest s...
"It would recklessly slash NASA’s science budget by 47%."
'Borderlands 4' shows off new planet Kairos in gam...
Gearbox is ready to talk about what's new in Borderlands 4, and the new entry in the iconic sci-fi F...
Look up! How to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower ...
Eta Aquarids are known for leaving glowing debris trails in their wake.
Tiny rewards can protect the grid from a surge in ...
As the number of electric vehicles increases, their increased demand could strain the grid – but sma...
Trump administration proposes slashing NASA budget...
The White House's proposed 2026 budget cuts $6 billion in NASA funding and cancels Mars sample retur...
Gaze at a cluster of glowing galaxies | Space phot...
Galaxy cluster Abell 1489, as imaged by the International Gemini Observatory, contains more than 200...
Innovative antivenom may work against the world's ...
Scientists have created an antivenom that has shown promise against some of the world's deadliest sn...
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 9th t...
SpaceX conducted a static fire test of a Starship upper-stage vehicle this week, continuing to gear ...
Extreme heat poses Spanish-style blackout threat t...
As climate change pushes summer temperatures to new highs, energy infrastructure such as cabling and...
New JWST observations of 'trans-Neptunian objects'...
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed surface ice methanol — a key building block for organic ...
Best evidence yet that dolphin whistles are like a...
While dolphins are known to transmit information in their whistles, until now it hasn't been clear w...
DARPA wants a spacecraft to search for water on th...
DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking for a private company to build...
New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth...
The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite tracke...
NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly a...
Orion, the next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon, has been delivered to NASA for prelaunch p...
See the moon and Mars buzz a cosmic Beehive this w...
The Red Planet will buzz the Beehive during May 4-5, with the moon joining the party on May 3.
This strange bacteria aligns to Earth's magnetic f...
A unique type of bacteria appears to have social groups — left alone, they'd die.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satell...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday night (May 1), carrying 2...
Brain signals can change the gut microbiome in as ...
We have known for years that the gut microbiome can alter brain function, but now research in mice i...
NASA still trying to revive silent Lunar Trailblaz...
NASA will keep trying for another six weeks to revive its water-hunting Lunar Trailblazer moon probe...
Metroid games in order: Chronological and release
As we prepare for the arrival of Metroid Prime 4, here's the complete timeline of the entire Metroid...
NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5...
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers conducted history's fifth all-female spacewalk on May...
Our cells can divide in a completely unexpected wa...
A different kind of human cell division could improve our understanding of cancer and help us grow s...
FAA grounds Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket until...
The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket until the company ...
Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch...
There's an issue with the fuel line that feeds the Psyche asteroid probe's thrusters with xenon gas....
These 5000-year-old Egyptian coffins depict the Mi...
A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent t...
International Space Station fires thrusters to avo...
A Russian cargo ship docked to the International Space Station fired its thrusters Wednesday (April ...
Hijacked cicadas play music like a cyborg loudspea...
Cicadas can be turned into living speakers and made to play music such as Pachelbel’s Canon
See Saturn and Venus flank ghostly Neptune in the ...
Before Saturn and Neptune team up to leave Venus in the dust later in the month.
Meta, Amazon and Google accused of 'distorting' ke...
A test of AI model performance across the industry is being gamed by technology giants, making objec...
How Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years wi...
Greenland sharks show no signs of retinal degeneration despite living for up to 400 years, and scien...
The 10 best sci-fi TV shows of the 1970s
From 'Space: 1999' and 'Battlestar Galactica' to 'UFO' and 'Mork & Mindy,' the 1970s might be th...
ISS astronaut shares recipe for a 'ranger' burger ...
Stacking wheat snack bread, beef steak, cheese spread, potatoes au gratin and gochujang red pepper p...
Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sk...
An object seen to have moved in the time between when it was imaged by the IRAS and AKARI surveys in...
Key component of dark chocolate might have an anti...
A chemical that is mainly found in dark chocolate seems to slow our rate of biological ageing, but i...
Asteroid Vesta is at its brightest this week. Here...
Vesta won't reach opposition with Earth again until Oct. 13, 2026.
James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of g...
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a "visual feast of galaxies," includ...
The best new science fiction books of May 2025
May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an ali...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks May 6. Here's ...
The annual Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is due to peak on the morning of May 6. thanks to debris left b...
Doubts mount further over signs of alien life on K...
An independent analysis of recent data from K2-18b casts doubt on claims of detecting alien life on ...
