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Best tabletop telescopes for stargazing in 2025
All of the telescopes here are easy to set up on a tabletop, making them an easy option for beginner...
Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be...
Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predic...
Best telescopes for astrophotography in 2025
These are the best telescopes for professional astrophotography and will allow you to capture high-d...
Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS z...
Astronomers unveiled a striking view of the new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS on its journey toward ...
Who are the Gorn? 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''...
These modern-day Gorn are a major upgrade on the lizard man Captain Kirk battled in the Original Ser...
50 years after a historic handshake in space, the ...
On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the firs...
NASA preps key piece of Artemis IV moon rocket for...
NASA moved its payload adapter at the Space Flight Center in Huntsville to prepare for the upcoming ...
Don't miss the third quarter moon shine near Satur...
The left-hand side of the moon will appear lit by direct sunlight, with the right bathed in shadow.
'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won...
NASA and Boeing are still working on the thruster issues that Starliner experienced on its first cre...
Neanderthal groups had their own local food cultur...
A comparison of cut marks on bones reveals that Neanderthal groups living fairly close to each other...
Children conceived using mitochondria from a donor...
Eight children who were at risk of serious genetic conditions have hit all of their developmental mi...
NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals secrets of a powerfu...
Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a s...
NASA won't publish key climate change report onlin...
NASA will not host the U.S. government's primary climate assessment reports on its website after all...
Best cameras for kids 2025 — cheap, quality photos...
These are the best cameras for children interested in photography, shooting videos and content creat...
'Project Hail Mary' author Andy Weir is 'really ps...
The fan favorite author of 'The Martian' admits, 'I'm really happy with how the film is turning out'...
Satellite images track Grand Canyon wildfires burn...
Lightning-ignited Grand Canyon wildfires burn tens of thousands of acres, as NOAA’s GOES satellites ...
Dust devils on Mars leave 'fingerprints' that can ...
The high winds that birth dust devils can also revitalize robots by cleaning their solar cells.
Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge...
Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the ed...
Why we urgently need to talk about geoengineering
The idea that we might attempt large-scale experiments to cool the planet is horrifying to some, but...
The largest Mars meteorite on Earth has sold for $...
Sotheby's in New York City auctioned off a giant chunk of Mars found in Africa. It sold for $4.3 mil...
Rare images capture snow leopard cubs in their den...
Snow leopard cubs have been photographed in Mongolia - the first time researchers have visited one o...
Best binoculars by price — Find the perfect pair f...
Bring the universe closer — here’s our round-up of the best binoculars by price for those looking fo...
Astrophotographer captures galactic fireworks near...
10 supernova explosions have been seen brightening the Fireworks Galaxy over the past century.
Simple device can produce water, oxygen and fuel f...
Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to r...
The anthropologist who says shamanism works, even ...
Shamanism is on the rise, both in practice and in popular culture. Manvir Singh has spent years expl...
JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the...
Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature c...
Astronomers witness the birth of a planetary syste...
Astronomers have witnessed the birth of an entirely new star system for the first time. The budding ...
NASA's sci-fi-looking X-59 feels the supersonic wi...
NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental ai...
Our Milky Way galaxy may be surrounded by 100 unde...
New research suggests that the Milky Way should be surrounded by as many as 100 undetected tiny and ...
If aliens existed on Mars 3.7 billion years ago, t...
"Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active...
Colossal eruption carves 250,000-mile-long 'canyon...
A massive filament eruption carved a 250,000-mile-long "canyon of fire" into the sun — and sent a CM...
How human eggs stay fresh for decades
In human beings, egg cells need to survive for about five decades, much longer than most other cell ...
Why is the moon's far side so weird? China's lunar...
The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differen...
Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to e...
An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes...
SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Ea...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit aft...
The precursors of life could form in the lakes of ...
New research indicates that cellular "pockets" that are the first step toward protocells, the precur...
Watch SpaceX launch the 3rd batch of satellites fo...
SpaceX plans to launch 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites early Wednesday morning (J...
Revenge of the Savage Planet is an 'upbeat, optimi...
'We had an idea for a meat planet' — Revenge of the Savage Planet game director Alex Hutchinson talk...
Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic a...
The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows tha...
The Perseid meteor shower kicks off summer 'shooti...
Each summer, skywatchers around the world look forward to the famous Perseid meteor shower, but ofte...
We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can...
Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "alterma...
'Boldness is all!' — 'Murderbot' is getting a seas...
Apple TV's excellent adaptation of Martha Wells’s witty sci-fi novels scores another mission as Murd...
Astronomers hike up Mount Blanc for the view | Spa...
Four mountaineers and astronomy lovers hiked the tallest peak in Western Europe.
Brain changes with eating disorders similar to tho...
In children with anorexia nervosa or other restrictive eating disorders, changes in the brain’s oute...
Why you shouldn't worry a nap will stop your child...
Parents may discourage naps out of concern that their child won't then sleep at night, but research ...
SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about ...
SpaceX plans to launch the 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket about three weeks from now, a...
Deals you missed on Prime Day — get these extended...
These Prime Day deals on telescopes, binoculars, cameras, Lego, model rockets and drones are still l...
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Our exclusive NordVPN deal gives you complete online security and convenience for a 79% discount, fo...
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' pushes for crewed moo...
The U.S. government's "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act finds funding for Artemis and Lunar Gateway, but...
The largest Mars rock on Earth is up for auction i...
The largest Mars rock on Earth will soon be auctioned off in NYC, and could sell for at least $2 mil...
