Science
US government issues 1st-ever space debris fine, s...
The United States government has handed out its first-ever fine to a private company that left space...
Robotic hand has the dexterity to handle tricky ob...
A sophisticated algorithm enables a robotic hand to rotate Rubik’s cubes and other objects in three ...
'We need to get to Mars before I die.' Read exclus...
Walter Isaacson's sweeping biography of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveals what drives the innovative entr...
How the microbiome changes our idea of what it mea...
The microbes living on and in you can change your mood, your mind and your health - challenging our ...
Cheaper malaria vaccine recommended by the WHO
A second vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease should be available from next year, adding to th...
'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Sovi...
In the 1950s, Viktor Safronov, a young Soviet mathematician, was tasked with solving the problem of ...
NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 202...
NASA will extend the New Horizons mission through 2028 or 2029, allowing the spacecraft to continue ...
Nobel prize for physics goes to trio who sliced up...
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier figured out how to generate attosecond pulses of ...
Microphones in space: Why scientists want to liste...
Based on the valuable scientific contributions microphones have made aboard the Perseverance Mars ro...
'Lightning' on Venus may not be lightning at all, ...
For years, experts haven't agreed on whether Venus' lightning is truly lightning. New data from NASA...
Large Hadron Collider turned into world's biggest ...
Physicists have used the famous particle smasher to investigate the strange phenomena of quantum ent...
Water may be forming on the moon thanks to Earth’s...
For a few days each month, as the full moon sweeps through the stretched-out tail of Earth’s magneti...
SpaceX wins $70 million Space Force contract for S...
SpaceX has won its first contract with the United States Space Force for its new Starshield satellit...
SpaceX fires up Falcon Heavy rocket ahead of Psych...
SpaceX fired up its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket on Saturday (Sept. 30) to get it ready to launch NA...
Virgin Galactic delays next flight by 1 day, to Oc...
Virgin Galactic has delayed its 'Galactic 04' mission by a day to Oct. 6, allowing more time for veh...
Dark Energy Camera peels back layers of 'galactic ...
The shell galaxy NGC 3923's symmetrical onion-like layers, that extend 150,000 light-years across sp...
Japanese lunar lander leaves Earth orbit and heads...
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has left Earth orbit and headed toward the moon, which it will reach on We...
Force that holds atoms together measured more prec...
We know less about the strength of the strong force than of any of the other fundamental forces of n...
NASA's plan to point a massive telescope at Americ...
Citizen science group 'Solar Patrol' will use a retired NASA telescope to study the sun during Ameri...
'The Creator' delivers a derivative yet dynamic po...
Director Gareth Edwards fuels the debate over artificial intelligence in the cautionary sci-fi fable...
Astronomers alarmed by satellite that outshines al...
Observations collected from telescopes around the world confirm that the communications satellite Bl...
Why the next solar eclipses are a unique chance to...
North America will see a hybrid solar eclipse on 14 October and a total eclipse in April 2024. Scien...
The BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of th...
Astronomers worry that an impending future of widespread satellite constellations could darken our b...
UK startup readies new satellite that will make se...
A U.K. startup is preparing to send a satellite to space that will manufacture new semiconductor mat...
Beetles raise their young in trash dumps left behi...
Breeding beetles belonging to dozens of species are attracted to the piles of food waste left behind...
Spain's new cubesats will fly in space like a floc...
The mission is dubbed ANSER, which is also the Latin word for wild goose.
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' security chief shines in ...
Get a preview of IDW's "Star Trek: Day of Blood: Shaxs' Best Day #1" special one-shot.
The Economist to launch Space Economy Summit on Oc...
The Economist will hold its first-ever Space Economy Summit on Oct. 11 and 12 in order to help leade...
Surge of Russian tankers in the Arctic is raising ...
This year has seen an unprecedented number of Russian oil tankers in Arctic waters, increasing the r...
How to talk to your kids about aliens: 'Is There A...
Space.com spoke with author Laura Krantz about her new book "Is There Anybody Out There?" that takes...
The best new science fiction books of October 2023...
From an authorised sequel to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to a collection of newly discovere...
The Space Force should safeguard US interests on t...
While the Pentagon sees the Space Force as a tool to fight the last war here on Earth, its leaders m...
Supernova in James Webb Space Telescope image coul...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a distant supernova that appears three times in the sa...
Adding nanofridges to quantum computers could make...
Some of the components in quantum computers must be reset between operations, slowing down calculati...
Get a sneak peek at Titan Comics' new 'Doctor Who:...
Check out this artwork preview and new trailer for Titan Comics' 'Doctor Who: Once Upon A Time Lord....
