Science
China launches 2 sets of commercial weather satell...
On Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, China launched clusters of small satellites to provide commercial meteorolog...
Exoplanet-hunting instrument measures Jupiter's wi...
A Very Large Telescope instrument designed to study exoplanets has turned its focus to our own cosmi...
Male astronauts headed to Mars could thrive on thi...
It turns out the optimal space meal for male astronauts is a tasty vegetarian salad, using ingredien...
For Astrobotic, big risk (and bigger reward) ride ...
Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is gearing up for the Jan. 8 launch of its Peregrine lander, whi...
DARPA's wild X-65 CRANE aircraft aims for 1st flig...
DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft to demonstra...
First working graphene semiconductor could lead to...
Researchers have created a functional semiconductor from graphene for the first time, creating the p...
Australia celebrates space history on world's 1st ...
The world's first coin to be struck in 2024 highlights space history. 'Out of this World - Australia...
Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them a...
The populations of species including bateleurs and secretary birds have fallen precipitously within ...
Zapping the brain with electricity makes us easier...
Electrically stimulating part of the brain makes people more susceptible to hypnosis, which has show...
There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go ext...
In the largest survey yet of AI researchers, a majority say there is a non-trivial risk of human ext...
Humanoid robot acts out prompts like it's playing ...
A large language model can translate written instructions into code for a robot’s movement, enabling...
'Cooling glass' could fight climate change by refl...
To combat increasing global temperatures, scientists have developed a new cooling glass paint which ...
Ripples in the oldest known spiral galaxy may shed...
Observations have revealed the first-ever seismic waves seen in an ancient galaxy, offering new insi...
Up next for Endeavour LA exhibit: Tank lift and sh...
Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return ...
The inside of a dead star might look like a gigant...
The mystery of what dwells within dead stars could be solved at last, thanks to supercomputer simula...
James Webb Space Telescope could look for 'carbon-...
If the James Webb Space Telescope detects depleted carbon dioxide in a planet's atmosphere, that cou...
Celebrating dark skies at a festival in deepest De...
At a novel sci-art festival celebrating the many cultural and scientific needs for dark skies in a t...
Spare a moment to think about the possibilities in...
Cosmology has transformed our understanding of time past and the aeons to come, pointing to a deep f...
How Bulgarian yogurt could help us colonise Mars
Feedback reads up on the latest research into how Bulgarian-style yogurt could enhance astronauts' p...
Vulcan rocket to launch private Peregrine moon lan...
The private Peregrine moon lander is scheduled to launch Jan. 8 on the debut flight of ULA's Vulcan ...
1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how pho...
Fossilised bacteria from Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthetic structures called...
Membrane-destroying drug works against antibiotic-...
A newly discovered drug treated infections in mice caused by a strain of bacteria that is resistant ...
Most large fishing boats go untracked as ‘dark ves...
An AI analysis of satellite images reveals fishing, shipping and offshore development activities wor...
SpaceX to launch Swedish internet satellite tonigh...
SpaceX is poised to launch a Swedish broadband satellite tonight (Jan. 3) on the company's second mi...
Supernova neutrinos could break physics – if we ca...
Neutrinos produced inside an exploding star could betray exotic particles that would lead to a deepe...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter sets new distance...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew farther than it ever has before on Dec. 20, covering 2,315 fee...
How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and...
The 2024 Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on 3 and 4 January. While moonlight may get in the way,...
Spacetime ripples detected in 2023 continue to puz...
The recently detected gravitational waves are a muddled mix of various sources, new study finds.
World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unle...
In Iceland, scientists are planning to drill two boreholes to a reservoir of liquid rock. One will g...
Starship, Starlink and more: SpaceX poised for hug...
SpaceX smashed its own record last year, launching 96 missions to orbit. But 2024 will be even busie...
1st private mission to Venus will search for alien...
The first-ever private mission Venus is slated to launch in 2025. and aims to search for signs of li...
Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching an...
A non-lethal method of catching great white sharks and releasing them 500 metres further out to sea ...
