Science
Watch a brilliant fireball shine brighter than the...
A fireball streaked across the skies above the southeastern United States in the early hours of Wedn...
What would really happen if you landed on an aster...
Asteroids are far weirder than we had imagined – landing on one wouldn't go as you expected, says as...
The Ring Nebula glows green in a stunning new JWST...
A new image of the Ring Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing its intricate intern...
Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secre...
Insights into how Death Valley’s Tidestromia oblongifolia tolerates such high temperatures could hel...
Tropical tree species that grow far apart can bett...
Trees in rainforests that grow far away from others of the same species may be more likely to surviv...
'Star Trek's' Jonathan Frakes on directing the 'St...
An excerpt from Variety's new interview with "Star Trek" royalty Jonathan Frakes on directing the "S...
Canada's wildfire emissions this year have doubled...
The unprecedented scale of wildfires in Canada since May has already produced double the carbon emis...
New book 'Stargazing: Contemplating the Cosmos to ...
Swapna Krishna, author of the new book "Stargazing: Contemplating the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace," w...
Watch a cargo spacecraft dock with the Internation...
The Cygnus cargo spacecraft SS Laurel Clark will dock at the International Space Station on Friday, ...
Asteroid collisions may be responsible for mysteri...
By modeling meteorite collisions, scientists from Yale University may have finally solved the puzzle...
The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ is over $...
Get a huge saving on a quality telescope this Summer as the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ is ...
Queen's Brian May talks to Space.com about his rol...
Legendary guitarist Brian May talks to Space.com about his collaboration with NASA's OSIRIS-REx miss...
Astronomers have spotted inexplicably bright light...
Extraordinarily high-energy gamma rays have been found emanating from the sun, and none of our theor...
Weird cosmic object identified as the remains of a...
A distant cosmic object that has puzzled astronomers since 2005 has turned out to be the remains of ...
James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ri...
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the Ring Nebula in vibrant color, presenting one of the mo...
Thin reflective film that mimics butterfly wings c...
A thin, multi-layered film inspired by the structure of vibrant blue butterfly wings could help vehi...
'Strange New Worlds' Season 2 episode 8 offers a g...
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 2, episode 8 serves up a plot twist that is up there with leg...
How long could you survive in space without a spac...
How long could a person survive if thrust into the harsh vacuum of outer space? The short answer is,...
New Stephen Hawking book 'You and the universe' as...
Physicist Stephen Hawking's clarion call to help Earth is now coming to kids in an illustrated book....
Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to ligh...
Honeybees exposed to continuous artificial light get much less sleep, and this may affect their abil...
New Lego Technic Perseverance Mars rover was a 'th...
Step 337 in assembling Lego's NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Technic model is to you install your name...
Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when t...
Anemones have special cells that shoot stinging barbs for protection or to hunt prey – decisions abo...
Two changes could nearly halve carbon footprint of...
US schools could nearly halve the carbon emissions of the lunches they offer by only serving beef on...
1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth,...
In 2021, a coronal mass ejection that erupted from the sun was seen across a staggering range of 155...
Gold flakes glow when they are bathed in light and...
Shooting powerful lasers at thin gold flakes has revealed how the precious metal generates its own f...
NASA hears Voyager 2 'heartbeat' after losing touc...
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft had a communication breakdown with Earth, but it's still broadcasting si...
ADHD linked to disrupted brain signals involved in...
Disrupted brain signals have previously been linked to ADHD in children, with the link now being fou...
AI voices are hard to spot even if you know audio ...
Deepfake audio can trick people even when they know they might be hearing an AI-generated voice – AI...
The Perseid meteor shower peaks in August. Here's ...
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most dependable annual showers, peaks on Aug. 12 and 13, and t...
James Webb Space Telescope unveils the gravitation...
Thanks to a phenomenon predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, scientists have learned...
'Loki' Season 2 trailer reveals the god of mischie...
Marvel Studios released a thrilling new trailer for "Loki" Season 2, revealing the series' time-hopp...
'Starfield' animated anthology introduces gamers t...
Three new animated videos introduce gamers to the cultures and people of "Starfield," a massive new ...
The Greyhill Incident offers the most boring UFO i...
A meandering plot, terrible graphics, and unremarkable aliens are the undoing of this indy space hor...
Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal ...
A whale that lived around 39 million years ago could have weighed as much as 340 tonnes, according t...
Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped ...
The Maillard reaction, which generates flavoursome compounds during cooking, probably helps lock car...
Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may...
A different form of a gene called CHD1L found in people with African ancestry has been linked to low...
Does space-time remember? The search for gravitati...
Detecting the permanent imprints left by colliding black holes would reveal a universe saturated wit...
Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature s...
Researchers are moving quickly to test if a material called LK-99 really is a superconductor at room...
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy delays Crew-7 astronaut laun...
SpaceX and NASA delayed the launch of the Crew-7 astronaut mission by five days to Aug. 23, to get t...
Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch a communicat...
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite on Aug. 3 at 12:15 a.m....
What is the difference between science and pseudos...
Pseudoscience is a practice that, from the outside, looks like science, but upon closer inspection, ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures vibrant detail...
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Milky Way's neighbor, NGC 6822, g...
August full moon: Sturgeon supermoon delights skyw...
Take a look at these stunning Full Sturgeon Moon photographs from around the world. The first of two...
