Science
Asteroid hit by NASA spacecraft is behaving unexpe...
When NASA crashed its DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos, the goal was to shorten the space...
Terminator model has living skin made from fungus
By fusing fungi and robots, researchers hope to create a sustainable and biodegradable skin capable ...
US test launches unarmed ballistic missile from Va...
The United States Space and Air Forces launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile 4,200 ...
Watch a NASA moon rover practice leaving its lunar...
A prototype of a NASA moon rover, called VIPER, slithered down a ramp at an agency lab. The lunar mi...
Japan launches SLIM moon lander, XRISM X-ray teles...
Japan sent two ambitious missions soaring into the heavens today (Sept. 6) — a pioneering moon lande...
Never-before-seen space explosion is incredibly br...
An explosion that was billions of times brighter than the sun but faded within a month may have occu...
Tropical Storm Lee could become an 'extremely dang...
Forecasters are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Lee, which they predict could soon become a full-bl...
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 57th time on Sept. 3, a sortie that pushed the robot's...
Bubble of galaxies spanning 1 billion light-years ...
An immense bubble of galaxies, one billion light years wide and located 820 million light-years away...
SpaceX launch of NASA's Psyche mission to bizarre ...
NASA's Psyche mission is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 5 and begin h...
Hubble Space Telescope sees lonely galaxy looming ...
A distant galaxy sits isolated in a new photo from the powerful observatory.
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' drops a wild new Season 4...
Paramount+ released a new "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 trailer and official poster ahead of the...
See the sun's atmosphere like never before thanks ...
The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft has peered into yet unexplored parts of the sun's atmosphere t...
Athletes may look bigger if they wear higher numbe...
Volunteers judged cartoon American football players to be slimmer when they had a lower number on th...
Quantum batteries that charge wirelessly might nev...
Today’s batteries lose efficiency – or “age” – through use, but theoretical quantum batteries might ...
Here's our last look at Europe's Aeolus satellite ...
ESA's wind-measuring Aeolus satellite was spotted before its flaming demise over Antarctica.
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer i...
Tiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to exist...
Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our sola...
A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet in the far reaches of our solar system could help explain the pecu...
Caroline Herschel was England's first female profe...
Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy...
Pumps that beat like the heart could increase ener...
Emulating the pulsating action of the human heart could increase the efficiency of everything from o...
New type of brain cell discovered that acts like h...
A type of brain cell that behaves like a hybrid of neurons and glia has been spotted, and it could e...
Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clue...
The magnetic field is a thousand times weaker than Earth’s, but is spread out across 16,000 light ye...
Earth has just seen its hottest three-month spell ...
The global average temperature for June, July and August was 16.77°C (62.19°F), beating the previous...
'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 4 review: Fateful encoun...
The fourth episode of Ahsoka is an excellent midpoint chapter packed with gorgeous duels and leads i...
Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite...
An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth's upp...
A brief history of the standard model, our theory ...
Our amazing picture of the particles and forces that make reality took decades of invention and expe...
Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will inc...
There's a lot of trash on the moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste. But whose r...
A million years of marijuana: How cannabis became ...
Cannabis was one of the first crops that humans cultivated about 12,000 years ago. But medicinal and...
See the half-lit last quarter moon ride the Bull t...
The half-illuminated moon will have a close encounter with the Bull on Wednesday (Sept. 6) when the ...
SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 2nd t...
SpaceX has stacked its giant Starship vehicle on the launch pad in South Texas, a major milestone ah...
Sleeping on the ISS isn't easy. This lamp for astr...
To assist astronauts with their sleep schedules, scientists developed a lamp synchronized to their c...
Gannets prefer to roll either right or left when t...
Northern gannets show a consistent preference for one side or the other when diving to catch fish, w...
Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made i...
Stone balls found at a site used by early humans about 1.4 million years ago didn’t become round aft...
Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for c...
Compared with monkeys, great apes have greater range of motion in their shoulders and elbows, which ...
GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest – but is still n...
Several AI chatbots were tested to see how well they could perform legal reasoning and tasks used by...
Australia launching moon rover on NASA Artemis mis...
Australia will launch its first moon rover as early as 2026, on one of NASA's Artemis missions. And ...
'Twisty' new theory of gravity says information ca...
Einstein's theory of relativity say black holes are 'bald', but a new tweak to his research may give...
Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbl...
Removing some of the thick jelly layers surrounding spotted salamander eggs may help the embryos ins...
Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed...
Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplica...
Weird ways that animals experience the world diffe...
Many animals sense their surroundings in ways that are hard to imagine. Christie Taylor spoke to jou...
Star blows giant exoplanet's atmosphere away, leav...
A hot Jupiter exoplanet is blowing its top like a cartoon character throwing a tantrum, creating a t...
Is 'Starfield' a far-flung fantasy or a glimpse of...
What to expect from Bethesda Game Studio's new space settlement adventure Starfield and its take on ...
