Science
Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is...
Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage ...
Having radio waves beamed into our head ramps up o...
Directing radio waves at the olfactory system deep within our head seems to boost our ability to det...
Earth's carbon sinks are being eroded by climate c...
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen an extra 15 parts per million since 1960 due to t...
A rare Black Moon rises with the sun on Aug. 23: H...
A Black Moon rises Aug. 23, though you won't see it. Its timing makes it a rare lunar event.
Wheelie smart? Take our Mars rover quiz to prove i...
This quiz is dedicated to the mechanical marvels that have rolled across the surfaces of alien world...
"I find your abundance of faith… encouraging." Wat...
You want a piece of this? You won't have to wait long for as this Disney+ animated sequel strikes ba...
Fly through the eye of Hurricane Erin and see the ...
Take a flight with us to see Hurricane Erin through the eyes of NOAA satellites and the Air Force's ...
Artemis 2 astronauts practice photographing the mo...
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are gearing up for their planned 2026 moon launch by photographing an in...
'Devil Comet' contains 'strongest evidence yet' th...
While observing the Halley-type comet 12P/Pons-Brooks with ALMA and NASA's Infrared Telescope Facili...
AI-generated responses are undermining crowdsource...
Many answers to online research questions show signs of being generated by AI chatbots, raising doub...
SpaceX completes investigation into recent Starshi...
The FAA has closed its investigation into SpaceX's Starship failure this spring and given the green ...
1st Portuguese spaceport could soon emerge as nati...
Portugal's space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nat...
Unprecedented Arctic heatwave melted 1 per cent of...
A six-week period of extraordinary heat in 2024 melted 62 gigatonnes of ice on the Arctic archipelag...
Chinese astronauts beef up Tiangong space station'...
Two Chinese astronauts spent more than six hours outside the Tiangong space station on Friday (Aug. ...
Look for Mercury in the morning sky as it hits pea...
Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth's morning sky on Aug. 19.
Fly me to the moon: 25 finalists chosen for Artemi...
A panel of judges has selected the 25 finalists in NASA and Freelancer's global contest to design a ...
SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base i...
Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's...
From depression to dementia, we are now realising the profound impacts of long-term inflammation on ...
How cocoa beans' microbiomes are key to the finest...
Nine species of fungi and bacteria have been found in cocoa beans that produce fine chocolate, and t...
Think you know our solar system's dwarf planets? T...
Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others!
We're within 3 years of reaching a critical climat...
A report published in June found that the world only has three years before it crosses the 1.5 C cli...
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster will fly with fresh '...
Like birds returning to their nests, these feather-like grid fins help steer rockets back down throu...
Northern lights may be visible in these 15 states ...
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as an incoming speedy solar wind could spark geomagnetic ...
Quantum device detects all units of electricity at...
Defining the fundamental units of electricity used to require two finicky quantum devices – but now ...
Rare 'triple-dip' La Niña may explain why 2023 was...
The record-breaking global temperatures seen in late 2023 may have emerged partly because of unusual...
Hubble telescope uncovers rare star born from cosm...
"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glanc...
Don't miss Mercury, the moon and the Beehive Clust...
A rare August morning alignment brings Mercury, a thin crescent moon and the Beehive Cluster togethe...
Jupiter's moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matt...
Large dark matter particles hitting Jupiter’s largest moon would form distinctive craters in its icy...
Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels - but only amo...
Women's arteries seem to be stiffer if they have had covid-19, with the same effect not being found ...
How Much Has Mercury Shrunk?
Mercury is still shrinking as it cools in the aftermath of its formation; new research narrows down ...
See a trio of spectacular star clusters brighten t...
The Hyades, Pleiades and Hercules star clusters make for excellent targets in the late summer months...
Mercury quiz: How well do you know the Swift Plane...
This quiz will explore the facts, the fun and the fascinating quirks of our solar system’s speedster...
How the nature of environmental law is changing in...
The effects of Earth's changing climate is driving up the number of legal suits related to environme...
NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astr...
Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for the...
Scientists just recreated the universe's first eve...
In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to l...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 173 — The Retu...
On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space ne...
If everyone in the world turned on the lights at t...
Beyond powering lights, it's also important to think about where all that light would go.
Titan darkens Saturn in rare shadow transit on Aug...
The second largest moon in the solar system will cast its shadow over Saturn on Aug. 19.
Tiny devices propelled by sunlight could explore a...
"Being able to send something out there would enable us to take a lot more precise data than we curr...
SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flig...
SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from ...
Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly...
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NE...
NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach ...
NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles far...
Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug...
Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send...
X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with th...
Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.
It is impossible to build a practical quantum broa...
A quantum broadcasting system would end up sending slightly different information to every receiver ...
Canada's 1st commercial spaceport is officially un...
Canada's first commercial rocket launch is set for liftoff as early as the end of August as NordSpac...
Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life...
Connecting tubes between bacteria and a kind of microbe called archaea may reflect a symbiotic relat...
Every original 'Star Trek' character who has appea...
Going boldly where someone has gone before! The "Star Trek" prequel series is overflowing with chara...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 172 — Earth on...
On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden D...
