Science
Is astronomy safe from organized scientific fraud?...
As space becomes more important to the economy of nations around the world, the risk of paper mills ...
Smithsonian Planetarium star projector review
This chunky star projector is a good choice for kids thanks to its low price and easy-to-use functio...
Are these names of real spacecraft or fictional on...
Both science fiction and real life have some interesting spacecraft names, sometimes borrowing from ...
Light pollution is encroaching on observatories ar...
The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making i...
'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's cente...
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplic...
August full moon 2025 captivates skywatchers world...
The 2025 full 'Sturgeon Moon' graced the night sky on Aug. 9.
See Saturn and the moon in a stunning close encoun...
Spot Saturn near the moon on Aug. 11! See them with the naked eye and learn what to expect through a...
New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive orde...
A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technolo...
How the Red Planet craze started 120 years ago: In...
In a Q&A interview, author and science writer David Baron discusses the turn-of-the-century Mars...
'Olympus' the 4-legged robot could help astronauts...
A four-legged robot tested under simulated Martian gravity jumps from wall to wall, demonstrating ho...
Watch SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth ...
SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts will return to Earth today (Aug. 9) after living on the International Sp...
Astronaut arrives at ISS, longs to be on the moon ...
The four members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission are Earth-bound after bidding farewell to their Expedit...
Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satell...
For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plume...
Oddly viscous stars could be impersonating black h...
Calculations suggest stars that are very viscous could reflect gravitational waves and produce signa...
Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being suc...
Astronomers spot a rare stellar bridge in Abell 3667, revealing an aggressive galaxy merger and new ...
Can you name the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked o...
This quiz tests your knowledge of the astronauts who have stepped foot on the moon.
Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mis...
NASA astronaut Jim Lovell — a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 8 and the near-disastro...
A planet the size of Saturn could orbit the neares...
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a possible gas giant the size of Saturn in the stellar s...
'A Quiet Place Part III' is confirmed for 2027 wit...
Paramount’s hit sci-fi horror franchise returns in 2027 with more ultrasonic alien invaders.
Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee fl...
The deformed wing and sacbrood viruses were thought to cause asymptomatic infections in adult bees. ...
Spacecraft headed to DART asteroid crash site imag...
The techniques used to target the asteroids could also be employed in tracking hazardous asteroids a...
Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 y...
Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than ...
Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the uni...
A newfound supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe challenges how early cosmic giants ...
How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the perio...
In an unprecedentedly precise accelerator experiment, researchers directly observed how some of the ...
What would Mars look like under an Earth-like blue...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a breathtaking panorama of the Red Planet surface depicted i...
'Alien: Earth' creators Noah Hawley and David W. Z...
Ahead of Alien: Earth's two-episode premiere, we talked to series creator Noah Hawley and executive ...
Europe could face weeks of 40°C heat in current wo...
A perfect storm of conditions priming the atmosphere for extreme heat could result in devastating dr...
Will the bright moon ruin the Perseid meteor showe...
While moonlight might steal the spotlight, it won't steal the Perseids' show.
Astronomers gather more clues about interstellar c...
The latest observations of 3I/ATLAS suggest it resembles comets from the outer reaches of our solar ...
Hubble Telescope gives us our best look yet at the...
New Hubble Telescope imagery of the interstellar interloper comet 3I/ATLAS reveals a dusty coma and ...
Discovery Space Projector review
It’s a disappointing star projector, but the Discovery Space Projector has some nice scientific imag...
LaView Galaxy Star Projector review
The LaView Galaxy Star Projector posits itself as a premium option, but doesn’t quite live up to the...
A mysterious substance on Mars might be an undisco...
Scientists have spotted a mysterious mineral on Mars that may be new to science — and could help rev...
European weather satellite readied for launch on A...
The MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite is loaded onto the Ariane 6 launch adapter as part of a mission fo...
What time is the August full moon?
The full moon rises on Aug. 9; here are the best times to view the Sturgeon Moon.
The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find ...
Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a...
A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to ...
A bold new proposal envisions launching laser-propelled nanocraft to a nearby black hole to test Alb...
China's lunar lander aces touchdown and takeoff te...
China conducted takeoff and touchdown tests with its "Lanyue" moon lander on Aug. 6, 2025, as it pre...
Molecule's tiny quantum jiggle imaged in unprecede...
By measuring an 11-atom molecule with a stunningly powerful X-ray laser, researchers have seen the w...
Common asthma drug could prevent life-threatening ...
A single dose of the asthma medication zileuton stopped severe allergic reactions in mice by blockin...
'Star Wars: A New Hope' will return to theaters to...
No, it's probably not the de-specialized edition, but Disney could surprise the 'Star Wars' faithful...
We’ve discovered the most massive black hole yet
A galaxy billions of light years from Earth houses what may be the most massive black hole in the un...
Who's a good robot dog? Bert and Spot explore Mars...
Four robots recently took to Mars-like terrain, including a cave system, during an epic experiment i...
SpaceX signs deal to fly Italian experiments to Ma...
SpaceX has signed a deal with the Italian Space Agency to fly Italian experiments on the first comme...
Unistellar eQuinox 2 is over $700 cheaper — perfec...
Explore the wonders of the cosmos and save over $700 on this Unistellar eQuinox 2 bundle, including ...
Jupiter and its 4 largest moons will line up in th...
Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8.
Human bones found in Spanish cave show signs of an...
Hundreds of pieces of bone dating from 5700 years ago carry evidence of being processed and eaten by...
How we could explore a black hole with an interste...
An ambitious plan to test extreme physics close to a black hole would involve a space probe weighing...
Astronomers use starlight to measure greenhouse ga...
Scientists have developed an algorithm called Astroclimes, which transforms stargazing instruments i...
James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential new e...
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet —...
