Science
SpaceX launching 2 Maxar Earth-observing satellite...
SpaceX plans to launch two Earth-imaging satellites today (Feb. 4), building out Maxar Technologies'...
Is cleaner air accelerating global warming more th...
Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in t...
Sci-fi thriller 'Ash' gets terrifying 1st trailer ...
Aaron Paul and Eiza González star in the new trailer for 'Ash,' an upcoming sci-fi film about astron...
Arctic geoengineering project shut down over dange...
The non-profit Arctic Ice Project was experimenting with using silica beads to slow ice melt in the ...
VIPER back from the dead? NASA asks US companies t...
NASA is asking U.S. companies for proposals to move forward with the ice-hunting VIPER moon rover, a...
Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind...
Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during...
Grand canyons formed on moon in minutes after colo...
Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by c...
Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deepe...
The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now ...
The shocking discovery that our gut microbiome dri...
A new understanding of our relationship with our "friendly" gut microbes shows they actually have a ...
Spiders can run just as fast after two of their le...
When spiders self-amputate two of their legs, they quickly adjust their running gait so they can ret...
Laughing gas could be picked up by a breathalyser
Many countries have made it illegal to possess nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, and research now show...
Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpecte...
A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic ti...
The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still ch...
Emmy Noether was hailed as a mathematical genius in her own time. And her theorem on symmetry is sti...
The moon will cover the Seven Sisters of the Pleia...
On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the fa...
'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' takes off with 1...
Marvel Studios' most-anticipated 2025 theatrical release is the long-in-the-works reboot of the Fant...
New record coming? 5 rockets scheduled to launch i...
If all five of today's (Feb. 4) planned space missions get off the ground on time, it will break the...
Blue Origin to launch New Shepard moon-gravity mis...
Blue Origin is targeting Feb. 4 for the 29th launch of its New Shepard suborbital rocket, which was ...
Newly-launched Indian satellite left stranded by p...
An Indian navigation satellite has suffered a problem with its propulsion systems just four days aft...
Bonobos can tell when they know something you don'...
Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooper...
'Roasting marshmallow' exoplanet is so hot, it rai...
WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmall...
Is the moon still geologically active? Evidence sa...
Wrinkle ridges that formed in the past 160 million years suggest recent geological activity on the m...
NASA pauses work by key space science groups amid ...
The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply wit...
January 2025 sets surprise record as hottest ever ...
Meteorologists expected global temperatures to start falling after record highs in 2023 and 2024 – i...
Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissi...
Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much le...
Omega-3 supplements seem to slow down biological a...
Taking a daily omega-3 supplement appears to slow down the rate of biological ageing by three months...
Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from...
Whether President Donald Trump still supports returning astronauts to the lunar surface remains to b...
Why we must investigate Phobos, the solar system's...
Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could so...
Most detailed survey of particles around the sun r...
More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun can solve mysteries from the b...
A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made...
The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did i...
Watch Rocket Lab launch 5 'Internet of Things' sat...
Rocket Lab is set to launch five "Internet of Things" satellites for the French company Kinéis today...
Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircra...
Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern for air traffic, as SpaceX's recent Stars...
Trump wants the US to land astronauts on Mars soon...
There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surround...
SpaceX launching 21 Starlink satellites from Flori...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Cape Canave...
A year in isolation: 366-day mock moon mission wra...
For 366 days, six analog astronauts lived and worked in a sealed environment in Russia, an Earth-bas...
Astronaut's mission 'back to Earth' lands on color...
Astronaut Nicole Stott, who has made it her mission to promote the healing power of art and the need...
