Science
Our brain 'swivels' to focus on sounds from differ...
Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a s...
Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we rea...
Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now ...
Cannabis extract found to be effective for lower b...
A clinical trial has found that VER-01, a drug derived from cannabis, eases chronic lower back pain ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch paints glowing 'jellyfish' ...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the evening sky Sept. 28, when the expanding 'jellyfish' plume from the roc...
Biosphere 2's latest mission: Learning how life fi...
Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, Biosphere 2 looks almost like a colony on another planet...
The most important mathematician you’ve (probably)...
Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution i...
Secrets of ancient life on Earth may live in Japan...
Ancient iron-metabolizing microbes may have turned toxic oxygen into an energy source.
Canon EOS R50 V review
Targeted at content creators, the Canon EOS R50 V may not be the obvious choice for budding astropho...
Chinese astronauts add debris shielding to Tiangon...
Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-ho...
Ultracold clocks could reveal how quantum physics ...
The world’s best clocks may be sensitive to an odd mix of quantum and relativistic effects that woul...
Hubble Telescope finds galaxy with puzzling shape ...
The Hubble Space Telescope saw a galaxy that has features of both elliptical and spiral galaxies, pu...
Extraordinary pictures show what a common antibiot...
A commonly used class of antibiotics seems to kill bacteria like E. coli by breaking down their toug...
Mysterious crown-like features on Venus may finall...
Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known...
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenber...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Statio...
To the stars: a stellar trivia quiz
This quiz will take you on a journey through the life cycle of stars, their classification, and the ...
How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage – ...
One of the key ways war leads to environmental harm is by leaving behind unexploded weaponry.
Astronauts welcome NASA's new 'ascans' | On the In...
Expedition 73 crewmembers sequenced DNA and worked with virtual reality glasses this week, while als...
Lego Ideas The Evolution of STEM review
This might just be one of our favorite science-themed Lego sets ever made.
See our neighboring galaxy Andromeda shine in stun...
The Milky Way's closest neighbor shines in a spectacular new astrophotography portrait.
This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake's methane surp...
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating tha...
Two-in-one inhalers slash asthma attacks among you...
Inhalers that combine relieving breathlessness with preventing it seem to be the most effective opti...
Streak seekers: The ultimate meteor shower quiz
This skywatching quiz will test your meteor shower mastery — from fiery streaks to cosmic origins.
Alien: Earth – how realistic are the extraterrestr...
Like many fans we are simply having fun using science to analyze the creatures.
Lego Duplo 3-in-1 Space Shuttle Adventure review
For tots with an interest in outer space, the Lego Duplo 3-in-1 Space Shuttle Adventure set is a won...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 179 — The New ...
On Episode 179 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Josh Dinner for coverag...
After almost 20 helping to operate rovers on Mars,...
Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut perfo...
Happy Astronomy Day 2025! Celebrate by hunting the...
Here are six stunning night sky objects to find as we celebrate astronomy day on Sept. 27.
Europe wants to launch a life-hunting mission to S...
The European Space Agency aims to develop an orbiter-lander mission that will sample the icy plumes ...
A tiny Apollo 17 moon rock is unlocking a secret l...
A moon rock brought back over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 mission has been connected with the birt...
'Futurama' co-creator David X. Cohen digs into the...
'Futurama' co-creator David X. Cohen dives into the details of the show's 13th season.
Blue Origin now targeting mid-October for launch o...
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket is taking steps toward the launchpad to fly NASA's ESCAPADE ...
Lung inflammation may make traumatic events harder...
Severe lung inflammation has been linked to symptoms resembling post-traumatic stress disorder in mi...
The moon is getting slightly farther away from the...
Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space pro...
Novels with a certain structure are more likely to...
Novels need a gripping story to stay popular as the decades pass, but it seems that other less-obvio...
The Orionid meteor shower 2025 has begun! See Hall...
Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere.
Why 2025's Harvest Moon is a rare October full moo...
The 2025 Harvest Moon won't shine in September; instead, October claims the title. Here's why it hap...
Did a star blow up and hit Earth 10 million years ...
There are signs deep beneath the Pacific Ocean that an exploding star once sent cosmic rays blasting...
See the red supergiant star Antares shine with the...
The crescent moon shines close to the red star Antares on Sept. 27.
Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE lens review
The Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE delivers image quality, functionality and build quality that belie ...
Babies' brains 'tick' more slowly than ours, which...
The rhythm of an infant's brain activity seems to put them in constant learning mode, whereas that o...
Atmospheric chaos has sent temperatures soaring in...
Stratospheric temperatures in Antarctica are spiking, which could see strange weather unfold across ...
ESA spacecraft sees a kaleidoscope of color in Mar...
New images from the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter reveal Mars' atmosphere to have delica...
How fast you age may be controlled by a DNA repair...
When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, ...
The largest-ever simulation of the universe has ju...
The team behind Europe's Euclid space telescope just published the world's most extensive simulation...
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink internet satellites, l...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two dozen Starlink internet satellites from California this mornin...
Will the ISS get another space plane visit before ...
Modifications to a cargo deal between Sierra Space and NASA may mean the Dream Chaser space plane ne...
It came from outer space: Scientists solve decades...
Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was caused by an asteroid impac...
Private spacecraft will give NASA's Swift space te...
Katalyst Space Technologies has scored a contract to raise the altitude of NASA's Swift Observatory,...
Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our ...
The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we tho...
James Webb Space Telescope peers deep into the hea...
The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only...
