Science
Earth from space: Astronauts share photography tip...
From thunderstorm sprites to volcanic plumes, and city lights to meteors, the world appears a differ...
Watch SpaceX launch private Cygnus cargo craft to ...
SpaceX will launch Northrop Grumman's robotic Cygnus freighter toward the International Space Statio...
Are horses in equestrian sports being harmed by be...
Horses experience hyperflexion when their necks bend far towards their chests – forcing this positio...
Bacteria originally found in faeces help chronic w...
The bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis was first discovered in faeces – but it turns out to have healing...
Charles Darwin’s frogs turn mating upside down
Turning around and backing up out of pools found in tree hollows may help mating Charles Darwin’s fr...
Rising land under Antarctica could slow sea level ...
Antarctica’s melting ice sheet is relieving pressure on the land beneath, allowing it to push upward...
Canadarm2 was not designed to catch spacecraft at ...
Canadarm2 launched in 2001 before companies made their own cargo craft. Now well-versed in the techn...
The moon's thin atmosphere is made by constant met...
New research using Apollo mission samples has determined that the impact of meteorites on the lunar ...
Black holes may inherit their magnetic fields from...
Short-lived neutron stars may explain both the extreme magnetic fields of black holes and gamma ray ...
Water molecules found in lunar rock sample for the...
Although previous studies have found hydrogen and oxygen in moon minerals – implying the presence of...
Test your space debris catching skills in new game...
Space sustainability company Astroscale has launched a free computer game that allows players to tes...
Don't miss the 'unconventional' Blue Moon of Augus...
This months' full moon falls on Aug. 19 and it will be the only full moon of August 2024. So how can...
New 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' comic series coming t...
A preview of IDW's upcoming "Star Trek: Lower Decks" comic book series.
Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric...
Preliminary evidence for gases that could be biosignatures have been found in the atmosphere of Venu...
Artemis 2 exercise device soars in parabolic fligh...
On its way to the moon, the design for an exercise device took to the skies above Montreal for a par...
NASA reveals astronauts flying on SpaceX's Crew-10...
NASA revealed on Thursday (Aug. 1) the four astronauts who will launch on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission t...
Auroras as far south as New York possible this wee...
Northern lights could be visible as low as New York on Aug. 3 and Aug. 4. A geomagnetic storm watch ...
Possible signs of Mars life: Astrobiologist explai...
Perseverance science team member Amy Williams discusses the rover's recent discovery of a rock with ...
SpaceX resumes astronaut launches on Aug. 18 with ...
The ninth crew rotation for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to lift off on Aug. 18 from...
Galaxy cluster smash-up lets us observe dark matte...
Astronomers have spotted two colossal clusters of galaxies colliding and shooting out all of their d...
SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites to orbit e...
SpaceX will launch 23 more of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 2), continuing the...
Quantum dots help destroy ‘forever chemicals’ with...
Shining light through nanocrystals helps break down PFAS without the need for extreme heat or pressu...
Never played the Borderlands games? Here's what yo...
Don't know your Claptrap from your Handsome Jack? Here's everything you need to know about the Borde...
Could galaxy cluster collisions be used as dark ma...
Particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider have failed to turn up potential dark matter ca...
Glaciers in the Andes are the smallest they’ve bee...
A study of rocks exposed by melting ice shows that Andean glaciers have retreated further now than a...
'Cosmic dawn:' NASA's Roman Space Telescope will g...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope will look all the way back to cosmic dawn 400 million years after the B...
This mesmerizing NASA animation shows how carbon d...
A high-resolution visualization from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio shows global carbon diox...
A slight curve helps rocks make the biggest splash...
Researchers were surprised to find that a very slightly curved object produces a more dramatic splas...
