Science
'DOOM 3' 20 years later: Not the threequel we expe...
Despite tons of praise back in the day, the heated debate around Doom 3 continues. After 20 years, w...
Are night vision monoculars good for skywatching?
Night vision monoculars are hi-tech pieces of kit, but can they help us see celestial objects in are...
Running chicken nebula glows in gorgeous new image...
A new image from the Very Large Telescope captures a cosmic cloud referred to as the Running Chicken...
'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 5: What's hidde...
Episode 5 of Skeleton Crew is a colorful romp through a luxurious resort full of strange aliens, new...
SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon ...
SpaceX launched more than 130 missions this year and made significant progress with its new Starship...
Mathematicians found - and fixed - an error in a 6...
As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error i...
10 times the sky amazed us in 2024
A magnificent totality across North America, raging northern lights and a naked-eye comet were just ...
Is Google's approach to error-free quantum compute...
The coding that forms the basis of Google’s recent breakthrough in error-correcting quantum computer...
The 'Doctor Who' Christmas special 2024 is pure St...
An intricately plotted festive tale checks into a hotel that takes guests everywhere in history.
Astronauts on ISS beam holiday cheer to Earth for ...
Surrounded by candy canes and a makeshift snowman made out of stowage bags, the astronauts on the In...
Why US obesity rates fell for the first time in de...
After years of rising obesity rates in the US, the numbers dipped slightly during 2023, though exper...
Piece of Apollo 11 spacecraft 'lands' in moon mete...
For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick's to have a...
Dolphins may use their teeth to hear underwater
The teeth of dolphins and other toothed whales are connected to a uniquely thick bundle of nerve fib...
What does the NASA administrator do?
NASA administrators play a vital role in deciding what NASA does and how it does it, and they also h...
New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out...
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and ...
Mars opposition 2025: How to see the Red Planet at...
Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into al...
How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of parti...
Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.
ULA wants to upgrade Vulcan Centaur rocket into a ...
United Launch Alliance (ULA) says its new, powerful Vulcan Centaur upper stage rocket could play a k...
Mars orbiters witness a 'winter wonderland' on the...
Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reco...
Black hole paradox that stumped Stephen Hawking ma...
As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle...
Venus, Mars and more: How to see planets in the ni...
Your guide to viewing the visible planets of the solar system in the night sky of 2025.
Best sci-fi movies of 2024
Take a look back at the best sci-fi movies of 2024: A journey across sci-fi worlds with these top 8 ...
Dune: Prophecy' renewed for Season 2 after HBO sho...
HBO's "Dune" prequel spinoff, "Dune: Prophecy," scores a second season
Quantum entanglement can be endlessly 'embezzled' ...
Some quantum fields that extend throughout all of space-time could be a rich resource of quantum ent...
Stars get ripped open like Christmas presents to c...
What did you get fot X-mas? Scientists may have been gifted with a solution to the mystery of juMBOs...
Newly identified scorpion species ‘spits’ venom to...
A scorpion discovered in South America can spray venom out of its stinger and hit targets up to 35 c...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas wit...
On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) NASA's parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun yet, passi...
24 amazing space images from 2024
Space.com's 24 space images of 2024! The most awe-inspiring space photos of the year from our Space ...
Aurora alert: Geomagnetic storm could spark northe...
Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions on Dec. 25. Northern lights ...
Physicists in 2024 searched the quantum realm for ...
Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd ...
These 5 particles are so strange, we're not sure t...
Scientists theorize there could be subatomic particles we have yet to discover. Here are five of the...
Scientists hope NASA's Parker Solar Probe gets hit...
If all goes to plan, the sun should give NASA's Parker Solar Probe a hard time.
See a dead Chinese satellite burn up as a brillian...
The satellite was one of China's first-ever commercial Earth imaging satellites. RIP, SuperView 1-02...
How to follow Santa Claus this Christmas Eve with ...
Keep watch for Jolly Old St. Nick on NORAD's official website and festive Santa Claus tracker.
Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice m...
An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more...
How to watch 'Doctor Who' Christmas special: Strea...
The Doctor checks in to a very unusual hotel – here's how to watch "Doctor Who" Christmas special "J...
Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our sk...
New research shows that ensuring the skin is in excellent condition should be a priority for anyone ...
