Science
China releases world's most detailed moon atlas (v...
The atlas, which is available in Chinese and English, depicts the surface of the moon with a scale o...
What would happen if the moon disappeared?
What would happen if our closest neighbor, the moon, disappeared? Here we explore the possible effec...
Horsehead Nebula rears its head in gorgeous new Ja...
The James Webb Telescope has zoomed in on the Horsehead Nebula, capturing slices of this stunning st...
China to launch sample-return mission to the moon'...
China reportedly plans to launch its Chang'e 6 sample-return mission toward the moon's mysterious fa...
English oaks can withstand warming – but other tre...
Climate change means many tree species planted today in Europe won’t survive to the end of the centu...
Boeing Starliner astronauts conduct dress rehearsa...
Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut crew continues their training, even in quarantine. After finishing ...
Meet the crew launching on Boeing's 1st Starliner ...
NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams are slated to launch on Boeing’s first crewe...
A new approach to dark matter could help us solve ...
Cosmological puzzles are tempting astronomers to rethink our simple picture of the universe – and as...
'Flash Gordon' returns to escape from a prison pla...
A preview of Mad Cave Studios' new "Flash Gordon" comic book series coming in July.
'Tiger stripes' on Saturn's moon Enceladus could r...
A new model of Enceladus "tiger stripe" fractures and their connection with the moon of Saturn's ice...
Astronomers finally know why stars born from the s...
Astronomers finally know why giant binary stars born from the same collapsing cloud of gas and dust ...
Private moon lander will carry Nokia's 4G cell net...
Nokia is developing a LTE/4G communications system for the moon, and its first piece of the network ...
Hubble Space Telescope pauses science due to gyros...
The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode and stopped conducting science on April 23 when one of ...
Genetically modified golden rice may yet succeed i...
A court in the Philippines revoked the permit to grow rice genetically modified to boost vitamin A, ...
'Traffic jams' in the hearts of galaxies can force...
Supermassive black holes may create conditions akin to "cosmic intersections with failed traffic lig...
Toxic chemicals from car tyres can get into soil a...
Governments need to take action to protect people from potentially toxic additives in tyre rubber, s...
'Cat nights' are here as Leo, Leo minor, and Lynx ...
Along with Leo, there are two other members of the cat family that are currently well situated and c...
AI that determines risk of death helps save lives ...
An AI trained on the heart's electrical activity alerted physicians about patients at high risk of d...
Highly precise atomic clocks could soon get even b...
Superradiant atoms could help us measure time more precisely than ever before, a theory developed wi...
Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusi...
Generative AI models designed to create images from text can be adapted to construct complex optical...
Mars exploration, new rockets and more: Interview ...
Space.com caught up with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher recently to talk about Europe's space...
Everything we know about James Gunn's Superman
James Gunn's Superman reboot kicks off the DC Extended Universe's refresh in 2025.
Sneak peek: Browncoats grab victory in Boom! Studi...
A sneak peek at Boom! Studios' upcoming "What If?" one-shot, "Firefly: 'Verses."
NASA's mission to an ice-covered moon will contain...
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will ...
Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule depart the ISS t...
SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo ship is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station today...
Russia vetoes UN resolution against nuclear weapon...
Russia's ambassador to the U.N. vetoed a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan that ca...
Beavers are helping fight climate change, satellit...
As global warming intensifies droughts, floods and wildfires around the world, scientists in western...
Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be ...
Although it is still more than 18 months from its closest approach to Earth and the sun, comet Tsuch...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 108 — Starline...
On Episode 108 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the long-awaited crew flight test of ...
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will not fly private...
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is about to make its first launch May 6 with NASA astronauts on board....
SpaceX launching Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 2...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a European satellite-navigation mission today (April 27). It wi...
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu p...
As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the country’s health agencies ...
Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ende...
Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s lasting effects on th...
Watch 2 gorgeous supernova remnants evolve over 20...
These supernova remnants are moving at extraordinary speeds only visible to us in long-term timelaps...
US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Ha...
A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation ...
