Science
Microplastic pollution rained down on Canada durin...
When Hurricane Larry struck Newfoundland in 2021, large amounts of microplastic fell from the sky, p...
NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'ex...
NOAA has plans to add extra years to the lifespan of their fleet of older polar orbiting satellites ...
Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladu...
Scientists believe possible amino acids in Enceladus' subsurface ocean can indeed be detected by spa...
India sets sights on a moon base by 2047
India is setting long-term goals that could see the country establish its own moon base before 2050....
Seams on a baseball shift its trajectory by unexpe...
When a baseball is tilted and spinning just right, its raised, hand-stitched seams skew the process ...
NASA astronaut will celebrate Hanukkah in space wi...
NASA International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will pin candles on a felt menorah to hon...
The ISS just turned 25, and NASA is getting ready ...
The ISS turned 25 years old on Dec. 6, and a new generation of space station is coming into view. By...
Sand-dwelling fungi discovered and named after Dun...
One of four newly described species of "stalked puffball" fungi from Hungary’s Pannonian steppe erup...
The top ten films about artificial intelligence ac...
From Wall-E to Short Circuit via I, Robot, these are the best films out there about AI, says Alan Tu...
Uganda is planning a massive clean energy expansio...
Uganda announced a plan at COP28 to use oil revenues to fund a rapid expansion of clean energy acros...
An 'extragalactic' intruder may lurk among stars o...
Potentially, the 1st "extragalactic" star found at the heart of our galaxy S0–6 appears to have take...
Unusual dark hedgehog from eastern China is new to...
A species of hedgehog that hadn't been scientifically identified before has been discovered in two e...
Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native ...
Two solar farms in Minnesota saw big increases in bees and other insects after a variety of native g...
Genetic errors are behind more than two thirds of ...
Chromosomal abnormalities were thought to cause around half of miscarriages, but a new genetic analy...
India returns Chandrayaan-3 moon mission's propuls...
The spacecraft that ferried India's Chandrayaan-3 lander-rover duo to the moon has returned home to ...
NASA marks 25th anniversary of ISS with call to cr...
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at space shuttle Endeavour's controls when he fired thrusters ...
Satellites watch as Japan's new volcanic island co...
The ESA satellite Copernicus Sentinel-2 caught an image of the new volcanic island "Niijima" on Nov....
SpaceX's next Starship launch could feature key re...
The third flight of SpaceX's giant Starship vehicle could involve a propellant-transfer demonstratio...
Quantum computer sets record on path towards error...
A quantum computer built by QuEra contains the largest ever number of "logical quantum bits", which ...
Our universe's most extreme stars sometimes 'glitc...
A unified approach of quantum physics and astrophysics may have brought scientists closer to underst...
ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space ...
During NASA astronaut Frank Rubio's year in space, a dwarf tomato he harvested floated away from him...
SpaceX set to launch its 90th orbital mission of t...
SpaceX aims to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites tonight (Dec. 6) on the company's 90th orbital...
Australia votes to name its 1st moon rover 'Roo-ve...
The Australian Space Agency has named its first lunar rover Roo-ver, which will launch to the moon a...
Robotic mouse with flexible spine moves with great...
Most robots lack a flexible spine, so researchers created a 3D-printed mouse with the ability to ben...
DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate
Tiny machines made from strands of DNA can build copies of themselves, leading to exponential replic...
James Webb Space Telescope bites cosmic burger to ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a bite out of a cosmic burger to create a 2D inventory of d...
Iran launches 'bio-space capsule' protoype, aims t...
Iran test launched what it describes as a "bio-capsule" as part of its plan to put its own astronaut...
Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its ...
The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December atop a Falcon Heavy ...
OSIRIS-APEX prepares for 1st close solar encounter...
NASA's revitalized OSIRIS-REx probe has begun tucking in one of its solar panels to protect itself f...
COP28: The biggest climate wins and flops from the...
Much of the world pledged to triple renewable energy this decade – except some of the biggest emitte...
Over 100 galaxies seen spewing powerful winds that...
The winds extend tens of thousands of light years above and below galaxies.
Why adding water when you grind coffee beans makes...
Coffee aficionados often add a drop of water to their beans before grinding – now scientists have sh...
Solid rocket boosters for shuttle Endeavour exhibi...
The work to stand up two rockets for the launchpad-like exhibit of NASA's retired space shuttle Ende...
Google says its Gemini AI outperforms both GPT-4 a...
The Gemini artificial intelligence comes in a variety of sizes, with Google saying its mid-range ver...
Could a 'supervoid' solve an unrelenting debate ov...
Measurements of how fast the universe is expanding differ depending on how you measure the rate. Cou...
The placebo effect means painkillers may work bett...
A painkilling nasal spray was better at relieving people's discomfort when it caused a mild burning ...
Nuclear power on the moon: Rolls-Royce unveils rea...
Tech giant Rolls-Royce unveiled a mockup lunar nuclear reactor at the U.K. Space Conference in Belfa...
How bad is vaping for your health? We’re finally g...
As more of us take up vaping and concerns rise about the long-term effects, we now have enough data ...
