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Aurora alert: Powerful geomagnetic storm could spa...
Northern lights could be visible over mid-latitudes across the US and Europe tonight, Sept. 16. A ge...
China prepares for 1st launch of new Long March 8A...
China's new Long March 8A rocket could fly for the first time by the end of the year, helping the co...
'Surprising' warmth above Antarctica is earliest o...
Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on...
Tiny chameleon spotted by tourists in Madagascar i...
A species of leaf chameleon newly named Brookesia nofy was discovered in a patch of coastal rainfore...
James Webb Telescope goes 'extreme' and spots baby...
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken things to the extreme, studying the outer edge of our own g...
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?
Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic...
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts splash do...
The four Polaris Dawn astronauts splashed down safely off the coast of Florida today (Sept. 15), bri...
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will retu...
After five days in space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, the crew of Polaris Dawn will return to Earth ...
Astronauts 3D-print first metal part while on ISS
ESA scientists have successfully demonstrated 3D printing of a metal part in space for the first tim...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 128 —Starliner...
On Episode 128 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about what's going on with Boeing's Starlin...
A sprinkling of cosmic dust may have helped kick-s...
Cosmic dust may have helped to kick-start life on Earth, new research suggests. The findings challen...
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private...
The success of the all-civilian spacewalk on SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission shows that private space ...
Super Harvest Moon lunar eclipse: How to watch onl...
A partial lunar eclipse of the Super Harvest Moon is coming on Sept. 17, 2024. Here's how you can wa...
'We just ran out of time': Why Boeing's Starliner ...
The decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home uncrewed from the ISS was driven in part by tim...
The best 70s sci-fi movies
Sci-fi in the 1970s was weird, wonderful, and where franchises were born.
Watch space aliens invade in wild new 'Venom: The ...
Sony Pictures released a final launch trailer for "Venom: The Last Dance," which premieres on Oct. 2...
SpaceX Super Heavy rocket gets supersonic wind tun...
A 1.2% scale model of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket underwent NASA wind tunnel testing, durin...
'Star Wars Outlaws' finally lets fans play as the ...
The first open-word game from the galaxy far, far away feels like the Han Solo simulator we've been ...
Antidote to deadly pesticides boosts bee survival
Feeding bees edible bits of hydrogel increases their odds of surviving pesticide exposure by 30 per ...
Apollo 11 moonwalk footprint featured on Spraygrou...
Follow in the footsteps of Apollo astronauts with a new space-themed backpack that aims to inspire a...
OpenAI’s warnings about risky AI are mostly just m...
A powerful new AI called o1 is the most dangerous that OpenAI has ever released, the firm claims – b...
Cats have brain activity recorded with the help of...
Custom-made wool caps have enabled scientists to record electroencephalograms in awake cats for the ...
Iron winds and molten metal rains ravage a hellish...
"Iron Winds and Metal Rain." Not the title of a heavy metal album but an accurate weather prediction...
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Califo...
SpaceX's latest Starlink satellite launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 12, a...
Complex chemicals found on Enceladus improve prosp...
The Cassini mission’s samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus have signs of various organic molecules t...
ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitabl...
JUICE successfully identified water and the building blocks of life in Earth's atmosphere. In doing ...
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts beam phot...
The private Polaris Dawn crew notched another milestone on Thursday (Sept. 12), beaming photos home ...
Black hole or neutron star? Gravitational wave 'ch...
The current generation of gravitational wave detectors could "hear" supernovas over 65 million light...
Cause and effect may not actually be muddled in th...
The direction of cause and effect was brought into question for quantum objects more than a decade a...
Polaris Dawn astronaut plays 'Star Wars' song in m...
Polaris Dawn astronaut Sarah Gillis released a new music video from space while playing violin insid...
Japan's ispace will launch its 2nd lunar lander to...
Japanese company ispace plans to launch Mission 2, its second shot at landing on the moon, this Dece...
Weather forecasts could warn about events made wor...
Thanks to advances in weather simulation, forecasts of heatwaves and hurricanes could soon come with...
Boeing’s Starliner astronauts speak publicly today...
Boeing Starliner's historic first mission with astronauts did not turn out as planned. Starliner's 2...
Blood test could diagnose ALS with up to 97 per ce...
ALS, the most common form of motor neuron disease, can take a long time to diagnose, but a blood tes...
Ig Nobel prizes 2024: The unexpected science that ...
From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners o...
The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most...
Experiments show that viewers can usually identify video deepfakes of famous politicians – but fake ...
