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The first quantum fluctuations set into motion a h...
The earliest acoustic vibrations in the cosmos weren’t exactly sound – they travelled at half the sp...
Historic Artemis 2 moon launch may be just 1 month...
Artemis 2, NASA's next astronaut mission to the moon, is gearing up for a launch that could occur as...
Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passke...
The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over, as a new alternative is ...
Venus reaches superior solar conjunction today: Wh...
A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth.
Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and n...
The benefits of sleep may be more universal than we thought. We know it helps clear waste from the b...
The secret weapon that could finally force climate...
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwave...
Congress rejects President Trump's deep NASA budge...
Congress plans to allocate $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026, nearly $6 billion more than P...
This Canadian crater looks like marbled meat | Spa...
The reservoir seen in this image is sometimes referred to as the "eye of Quebec."
The first commercial space stations will start orb...
For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth...
Women who rewrote the stars: Test your knowledge o...
From ancient stargazers to modern-day space scientists, women have shaped our understanding of the c...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS isn't an alien spacecr...
Bad news for those hoping interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft as technosignature se...
US will need both carrots and sticks to reach net ...
Modelling suggests both carbon taxes and green subsidies will be necessary to decarbonise the US eco...
China's next moonshot: Chang'e 7 could search the ...
China's ice-hunting Chang'e 7 mission is scheduled to launch to the moon later this year, helping se...
‘Space particle’ slams into Spain’s new communicat...
Spain's latest military communications satellite suffered a debris impact while headed to its orbita...
Trump administration censures former NASA astronau...
The Department of Defense is taking administrative action against former NASA astronaut and current ...
11 upcoming space and sci-fi games to be excited f...
We'll be battling aliens, surviving cosmic horrors, and conquering the stars in 2026 with these upco...
'It would be a fundamental breakthrough': Mysterio...
"If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental break...
Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and coul...
The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause sim...
The universe may be lopsided, new research says
The shape of the universe is not something we often think about.
What if the idea of the autism spectrum is complet...
For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it co...
Weird clump in the early universe is piping hot an...
A galaxy cluster in the early universe is 10 times hotter than it ought to be, which may reshape how...
The 2026 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' starts today — ...
Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical So...
El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the ear...
A study of 160 European famines between 1500 and 1800 shows that El Niño weather events led to the o...
The best new popular science books of January 2026...
A host of new science books are due to hit shelves in January, by authors including Claudia Hammond,...
Catch the moon dancing with bright star Regulus to...
Regulus is the brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Leo.
2026 will shed light on whether a little-known dru...
The US government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism, despite limite...
How did life begin on Earth? New experiments suppo...
The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth co...
Carina Nebula shines with white-blue stars | Space...
The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars.
A strange kind of quantumness may be key to quantu...
Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextua...
January full moon wows skywatchers with a striking...
January's full moon is often known as the 'Wolf Moon'.
Moon rush: These private spacecraft will attempt l...
Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up ...
The best new science fiction books of January 2026...
Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunde...
Ghostly particles might just break our understandi...
An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint ...
SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2026 on...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force St...
The risk of falling space junk hitting airplanes i...
Space debris falling to Earth is a growing threat to aircraft, and experts are trying to reduce the ...
The next frontier in space is closer than you thin...
But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO...the region's getting a bit crowded.
Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes w...
NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes embarked on a 'loiter' trajectory after launch, and scientists say that ...
2026 begins a golden age of solar eclipses: How to...
Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path ...
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec...
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlin...
2025's extreme weather had the jet stream's finger...
First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in p...
Can scientists detect life without knowing what it...
If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the tradition...
The largest sun of 2026 rises today as Earth draws...
Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3.
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight, but wi...
The Quadrantids are known for producing bright "fireball" meteors that can outshine the brightest pl...
'Star Trek' warps into 2026 with epic 'Space For E...
2026 is a special year for creator Gene Roddenberry's iconic "Wagon Train To The Stars" sci-fi franc...
Why do I need a VPN?
A VPN, or virtual private network, is great for online safety and accessing content while travelling...
Watch SpaceX launch the 1st mission of 2026 tonigh...
SpaceX will launch the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), and you can watch the action live.
SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellite...
SpaceX will soon lower the orbits of about 4,400 Starlink satellites, to decrease the threat they po...
Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or di...
Did Sahelanthropus, which lived 7 million years ago, walk on two legs like a modern human? It's comp...
16 upcoming sci-fi shows to be excited for in 2026...
Entertainment is the final frontier, as you experience everything from Starfleet to the Green Lanter...
