Science
Flat Earth, spirits and conspiracy theories — expe...
Why do people often adopt and develop beliefs that lack strong supporting evidence?
Iran says it launched 3 satellites to space on Rus...
Iran has launched a trio of new satellites into space with the help of a Russian rocket, the country...
Mathematicians unified key laws of physics in 2025...
It took 125 years, but in 2025 a team of mathematicians discovered the solution to a long-puzzling p...
Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could h...
There is a state of relaxation that few of us spend much time in, but which comes with profound well...
12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned...
We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of fa...
ISS astronaut snaps stunning nighttime photo of Fl...
The image offers a rare look at how Earth's surface and atmosphere interact after sunset.
The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pic...
Some of the world's most advanced robots showed off their skills at tech shows and sporting events, ...
Does physics say that free will doesn't exist?
At first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will.
Inside world's ultimate X-ray machine before it be...
The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years...
Microsoft made a splash with a controversial quant...
The Majorana 1 quantum computer was hailed as a significant breakthrough by Microsoft, but critics s...
13 must-see moon events in 2026: Eclipses, supermo...
Here are the best lunar events to see in 2026, including eclipses, supermoons and conjunctions.
Fujifilm GFX 100S II review
This lightweight medium-format powerhouse is one of the most powerful cameras you can get, but how d...
Human-plant hybrid cells reveal truth about dark D...
It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plan...
Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRIS...
Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that...
The best sci-fi Blu-rays to own: Beat the streamin...
Looking to watch some of the best Sci-Fi movies and shows ever without having to rely on streaming? ...
Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are...
This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-t...
Event horizon hunt: A black hole word search
Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons...
Our favorite Space.com stories of 2025
We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here's what we got.
The top astronomical discoveries of 2025
Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025.
Lego U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D review
Boldly going where no Lego set has gone before, the first-ever Star Trek Lego set you can buy and it...
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...
Space debris: will it take a catastrophe for natio...
When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to...
The best sci-fi movies of 2025. ranked
Spike your eggnog and relax with our list of the finest flicks of the year about invasive AI, soarin...
The 12 biggest space stories of 2025 — according t...
It's the 12 days of Spacemas, fa la la la la la la la la (sorry).
Dark matter may be made of pieces of giant, exotic...
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative...
Most normal matter in the universe isn't found in ...
While space is often referred to as a vacuum, it isn't completely empty.
The best streaming device out there: Which one com...
Which is the best streaming device out there? We've pitted four of the best models on the market aga...
Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of ma...
Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of ...
The best sci-fi and space games of 2025, ranked
As another year comes to an end, we sit down and collect our thoughts on the best sci-fi and space v...
Longtime United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno res...
After nearly 12 years leading the United Launch Alliance (ULA), its chief Tory Bruno is stepping dow...
Space Force Guardians show off shiny new duds | Sp...
It marks the first time newly commissioned Space Force Guardians have graduated Officer Training Sch...
2025's best photos of the natural world, from volc...
A village buried by a landslide, the world’s largest tidal bore and the aftermath of ferocious storm...
See the moon shine with Saturn in the southern sky...
Don't miss the moon cozy up to Saturn on Dec. 26.
Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on M...
Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they...
The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how...
What should I look at with my new telescope?
From the moon and Jupiter to famous nebulae and galaxies, here’s your beginner-friendly guide to wha...
'Spectacular' progress has been made towards usefu...
At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference, scientific and business leaders of the quantum computing indus...
A ghostly glow was seen emanating from living thin...
The detection of mercurial particles of light emanating from mice led to a flurry of interest in bio...
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic...
Overall, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the Earth as a whole.
Ancient eyes on the skies: Early astronomers quiz
Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curio...
6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025
Palaeontologists reported some remarkable dinosaur fossils this year, including a Velociraptor relat...
Google's proposed data center in orbit will face i...
As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: sp...
Roman around the Christmas tree | Space photo of t...
All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom.
Astronauts beam home Christmas wishes from Interna...
They won't be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the seas...
The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope blew...
A microscope that cost less than £50 and took under 3 hours to build using a common 3D printer could...
Christmas 2025 skywatching guide: What you can see...
The night sky is the Christmas gift that just keeps giving.
What old, dying stars teach us about axions as a c...
The axion could be a contender to explain the mystery of dark matter.
UCS Millennium Falcon versus UCS Death Star: Which...
The two largest and most expensive Lego Star Wars sets available go head-to-head: The UCS Millennium...
60,000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the m...
The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals.
Physicists used 'dark photons' in an effort to rew...
A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this yea...
