Science
New poppy seed-sized fuel pellets could power nucl...
Scientists have developed a nuclear fuel source no larger than a seed, which NASA will test for use ...
Green comet Nishimura survives its superheated sli...
Comet Nishimura, which was only discovered in August, has survived its closest approach to the sun a...
Tom Hanks would clean toilets for a chance to go t...
Actor Tom Hanks, the star of Apollo 13, says he'd love to visit space for real. He said he'd be glad...
See Mercury reach its highest point in the morning...
As temperatures fall, Mercury rises reaching its highest point in the morning of Saturday, Sept. 23....
Man who sees upside down provides clues on how we ...
A man with a condition that has rotated his head backwards can identify upright and inverted faces w...
Jellyfish can learn from experience even though th...
As one of the biologically simplest kinds of animal, we might have thought jellyfish can’t learn, bu...
How long will the annular solar eclipse last on Oc...
The duration of the annular solar eclipse depends on the viewing location. We look at where the long...
No sign of Chandrayaan-3 as India searches for sle...
The Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, which together make up India's Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, went...
Hulu's 'No One Will Save You' serves up a fresh do...
Hulu's alien invasion horror film "No One Will Save You" is available for streaming today. We spoke ...
'Star Trek' advisor warps into NASA to talk real s...
'Star Trek' advisor Erin Macdonald delivered a lecture at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center recentl...
James Webb Space Telescope detects 1st evidence of...
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a source of carbon, a vital ingredient for life, on Jupi...
Satellite spots marine heat wave off the Californi...
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite recorded higher sea levels off California, i...
Armour-plated mollusc fluoresces brilliant red-pin...
Chitons are unusual molluscs with a shell made up of plates, and they fluoresce a red-pink colour – ...
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) may be caused by a lack of sunlight during the winter months. Its ...
US Postal Service drops new OSIRIS-REx stamp ahead...
NASA's first asteroid sample mission has landed at post offices two days before the spacecraft's ret...
Mice grown with rat brains to help study cross-spe...
Creating mice with partial rat brains helps scientists better understand whether synthesising embryo...
See Artemis 2 astronauts explore moon-like crater ...
Artemis 2 moon astronauts went to Canada for a geology trip to a crater, similar to what they will s...
From Lex Luthor to Syndrome, five of sci-fi's best...
John Scalzi's new novel Starter Villain sees his hero inherit a villainous empire. Here, the science...
Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, accordin...
John Scalzi's new novel Starter Villain sees his hero inherit a villainous empire. Here, the science...
What time is NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample ret...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is carrying the first ever asteroid samples recovered by the agency. No...
Turtles that move in herds reveal the complex soci...
The hicatee turtles of Belize appear to move around in groups even when they aren't feeding, providi...
Autumnal equinox 2023 brings fall to the Northern ...
On Saturday (Sept. 23) at 2:50 a.m. EDT (0650 GMT), autumn begins astronomically in the Northern Hem...
OSIRIS-REx is about to fling samples of the astero...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is about to hurtle past Earth, and if all goes well it will drop its sampl...
We can only predict star motion in the Milky Way’s...
Chaos in the interactions between stars near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole makes it imposs...
FAA proposes rule to reduce space junk in Earth or...
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a rule that would limit the amount of time tha...
We need a better way to map Earth's magnetic field...
Three teams have progressed through to the final round of the MagQuest Challenge to design a better ...
Chinese launch startup's rocket fails during satel...
The Chinese launch company Galactic Energy suffered its first failure on Thursday (Sept. 21), result...
Europa’s underground ocean seems to have the carbo...
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have shown carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter...
Blink-182's Tom DeLonge directs new UFO conspiracy...
Screen Media Films has released a new trailer for Tom DeLonge's UFO conspiracy film 'Monsters of Cal...
Close call! 2 huge pieces of space debris had a ne...
Two big pieces of space junk almost slammed into each other in low Earth orbit, highlighting the nee...
Don't panic if you see balloons hovering during Am...
During the two upcoming solar eclipses, the National Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) will be lives...
OSIRIS-REx probe spotted returning asteroid sample...
A ground-based telescope in the Canary Islands snapped a photo of NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe on Sept. 1...
New Horizon Prize in Physics awarded to scientists...
Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the physics prize for their work on photon spheres — weir...
Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earl...
A set of unusual “trace” fossils in Italy reveal that fish were swimming in the deep ocean about 130...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return needs an ...
NASA's first asteroid sample will return to Earth next week, and you can help create the soundtrack ...
Hypothetical 'dark photons' could shed light on my...
These massive particles could shed light on dark matter by revealing how this mysterious substance i...
Who will get OSIRIS-REx's asteroid samples after t...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe is set to deliver its bounty of asteroid samples to Earth on Sunday (Sept. 2...
The strange plant that just might be the worst sme...
Corpse flowers rarely bloom but if one does when you’re nearby you’ll know about it. Though many bot...
