Science
The sun is smaller than we thought it was
Measurements of sound waves passing through the sun seem to confirm that it isn’t as big as we thoug...
Swarm of robots can make collective decisions by i...
A group of small, simple robots can make a collective decision by exchanging infrared light signals ...
SpaceX to launch its 80th orbital mission of the y...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida late tonight ...
Ocean heat could supply essentially endless clean ...
An old idea to use ocean heat to generate clean electricity has long failed to gain traction, but th...
Crabs evolved to live away from the ocean up to 17...
Unlike most other animal groups that left the sea behind, crabs have done it many times throughout t...
China launches mystery satellite on Long March 7A ...
China launched what it describes as a communications technology satellite on Nov. 3. The craft is pa...
What is STEVE, and how is it different from the au...
STEVE is an atmospheric phenomenon that is similar to yet separate from the aurora. It looks like a ...
Twin ocean climate anomalies may trigger heat and ...
A strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean is coinciding with a similarly strong climate pattern in the I...
Star-birthing galaxies can hide supermassive black...
Feeding supermassive black holes, hosting objects that power quasars blasting out the most powerful ...
Spine stimulator lets man with severe Parkinson's ...
A man with Parkinson's disease who fell up to six times a day can now walk several kilometres withou...
Dark matter-hunting Euclid mission to share its 1s...
On Tuesday (Nov. 7), we'll get to see the universe in full color through the eyes of the European Sp...
Astronaut Luca Parmitano on NASA's return to the m...
An exclusive interview with the European Space Agency's accomplished astronaut Luca Parmitano, the f...
The surprising life and avoidable demise of Earth’...
The antiquity, stability and weird chemistry of oases have made them cradles of evolution, yet human...
Powerful solar storm supercharges auroras and STEV...
A strong solar storm triggered magnificent aurora displays over the weekend. Here we take a look at ...
Scientists finally discover 'lost continent' thoug...
Scientists have pieced together the remnants of a continent that broke off from western Australia 15...
James Burke discusses revival of famous 'Connectio...
We discuss the revival of the 'Connections' docuseries on Curiosity Stream with science historian Ja...
Left-handed people have a slight advantage in badm...
The shape of a badminton shuttlecock and the way it spins may give left-handed people an advantage f...
Citizen scientists detect patterns in clouds over ...
Citizen scientists working with the NASA Cloudspotting project have used data from the Mars Reconnai...
DNA vaccines coding for live viruses could soon be...
DNA vaccines would be much easier to store than mRNA alternatives and should be as effective as conv...
Smart simians stare at the stars in 1st 'Kingdom o...
20th Century Studios just unveiled the first trailer for 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,' as wel...
Seeing NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample up close ...
The museum's curator of meteorites had been dreaming of this moment for two decades.
Japan's DESTINY+ mission to the bizarre asteroid P...
Japan's DESTINY+ mission to 3200 Phaethon, the parent body of the famous Geminid meteor shower, will...
Perseverance pastry: Celebrity chef Duff Goldman m...
As it turns out, it takes a good deal of planning, patience and, well, Perseverance, to create a cak...
Eight healthy habits that could slow your rate of ...
Not smoking, exercising regularly and keeping your cholesterol in check could make your biological a...
Watch NASA build Artemis 2 astronaut moon rocket b...
A new video shows the Artemis 2 moon mission's boosters under assembly. The solid rocket boosters ar...
NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's w...
Data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite was used to map surface heights of...
Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could ...
Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out...
SpaceX Artist-in-Residence on painting spacecraft ...
An exclusive interview with SpaceX Artist-in-Residence Agnieszka Pilat
Netherlands, Iceland sign Artemis Accords for moon...
The Netherlands and Iceland have signed the Artemis Accords, bringing the number of nations in the m...
The 'safe' threshold for global warming will be pa...
New research suggests we have just six years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, an...
Track the ISS with NASA's new 'Spot the Station' m...
NASA just rolled out its new 'Spot the Station' free mobile app for iOS and Android.
James Webb Space Telescope could soon solve myster...
To understand how galaxies evolve, astronomers want to use JWST to peer into the Milky Way's core.
Meet 'Tenacity:' Sierra Space unveils 1st Dream Ch...
Sierra Space marked a historic achievement with the completion of its first Dream Chaser space plane...
Quantum batteries could charge better by breaking ...
Taking advantage of a quantum phenomenon called indefinite causal order could make quantum batteries...
Smithsonian debuts 1st display of asteroid Bennu s...
A sizable crowd turned out to see a small rock as the Smithsonian debuted the first display of a pie...
These high-tech buzzers may help astronauts avoid ...
Researchers at Brandeis University in Massachusetts are developing wearable devices which vibrate to...
7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the...
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope spotted a seven exoplanet system with worlds being battered by radiati...
Happy birthday Andreas Mogensen! International Spa...
Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen marked his birthday on the International Space Station Nov. 2 by f...
