Science
Watch a humanoid robot driving a car extremely slo...
A robot named Musashi with a human-like skeleton and musculature can perform basic driving tasks – b...
NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists aro...
Meteoroids are difficult objects for aerospace and geophysics researchers like us to study, because ...
Google's new quantum computer may help us understa...
By combining two approaches to quantum computing into one device, Google has been able to simulate t...
This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: ...
A young star that astronomers have studied for decades has been found to be part of a duo, encircled...
Something 'kicked' this hypervelocity star racing ...
A low-mass star races through the Milky Way at over a million miles per hour, a journey that began w...
At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, bu...
The two black holes at the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 are true behemoths with masses of 18.35 billio...
Who is Dr. Kovich in 'Star Trek: Discovery'? The m...
With his trademark suit-and-tie an anomaly among the primary-colored "Star Trek: Discovery" uniforms...
10 top tips for planning your 2027 solar eclipse t...
From understanding the weather to seeing the Milky Way, here's how to plan a trip to see the total s...
Where is the center of the universe?
The universe is undeniably vast, and from our perspective, it may seem like Earth is in the middle o...
Could nearby stars have habitable exoplanets? NASA...
Astronomers are using the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study stars' radiation and establish the feas...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 115 —Our Frien...
On Episode 115 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Alex Young of NASA's Goddard Space Fli...
Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to prot...
Cosmic rays from distant stars and galaxies and solar energetic particles from the Sun bombard the m...
How the world-famous Griffith Observatory became a...
An examination of the iconic Griffith Observatory, which has appeared in scores of films throughout ...
How are galaxies destroyed?
Eventually, all galaxies, including our own Milky Way, will meet their end. But how do galaxies die?...
Light-activated drugs could keep sleep-deprived mi...
A US military program led by DARPA is modifying the stimulant drug dextroamphetamine so it can be sw...
Private space-junk-inspection probe spots discarde...
A discarded Japanese rocket was recently imaged up close by the ADRAS-J mission.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffers rare last-second ab...
A SpaceX rocket suffered a last-second abort during the attempted launch of 22 Starlink internet sat...
Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spac...
Following a technical error in November 2023, NASA's deep-space explorer has resumed full science op...
What ultimately happened to the USS Discovery in t...
Strangely, the Star Trek: Discovery ship's far-future fate was revealed in 2018 'Short Trek' episode...
Einstein's theory was wrong about black holes made...
The theory of relativity predicts black holes should be able to form from light alone, but incorpora...
Astronomers get closer to solving the lingering my...
Astronomers using the CHIME telescope are looking at strange, one-off cosmic explosions with a new a...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed t...
New findings show the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy had a late growth spurt.
Astronauts could mix moon dust with old satellites...
Soil sourced directly from the lunar surface could help astronauts establish and sustain a permanent...
Hybrid design could make nuclear fusion reactors m...
Two types of fusion reactor called tokamaks and stellarators both have drawbacks – but a new design ...
Did rock art spread from one place or was it inven...
Rock art is a truly global phenomenon, with discoveries of cave paintings and etchings on every cont...
To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA's launching...
In 2029, the Landolt satellite launched into Earth's orbit will serve to calibrate telescopes on Ear...
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov, who survive...
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov, whose failed Soyuz 23 docking with Russia's Salyut 5 space st...
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission return de...
The return of Boeings 1st crewed Starliner mission has been delayed to June 22.
How China's Chang'e 6 minirover snapped its epic p...
China has revealed details about a miniature rover tucked away on the country's pioneering Chang'e 6...
