Science
Mother's voice seems to boost language development...
Babies born too soon seem to have stronger connections in one of the major brain areas that supports...
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese Earth-ima...
Rocket Lab will launch a radar satellite for the Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective toda...
SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket for moon and...
SpaceX's Starship megarocket aced its test flight today (Oct. 13), the 11th overall for the program ...
'More joyous and sillier than 'Rick and Morty': 'S...
We talk to "Solar Opposites "executive producers Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel about the show's wild f...
The Taurid meteor shower 2025 has begun and could ...
The Taurid meteor streams have a reputation for generating impressive fireball meteors.
Is low Earth orbit getting too crowded? New study ...
Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow sa...
How do asteroids spin in space? The answer could h...
From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid d...
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 clip sees...
The Vezda might be vanquished, but there are more cosmic threats for Captain Pike and the Enterprise...
A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light...
New research suggests that this mystery platinum signature underneath the Greenland ice sheet may ha...
NASA will say goodbye to the International Space S...
In 2030, the International Space Station will be deorbited: driven into a remote area of the Pacific...
Your diet is probably dangerously acidic but there...
Nutrition scientists have unlocked an entirely new way of thinking about why certain foods are good ...
Is the universe infinite, or does it have a limit?...
If the universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into, and what is it expanding from? Where's...
This might be the smallest clump of pure dark matt...
The discovery of what is potentially the smallest clump of dark matter ever seen strengthens the cas...
Chatbots work best when you speak to them with for...
Are you terse and informal when speaking to an AI chatbot? If so, you might be getting worse answers...
Uranus and Neptune may not be 'ice giants' after a...
We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to...
Meteor hunters rejoice! The Orionid meteor shower ...
The annual Orionid meteor shower comes to a peak on Oct. 20-21
Rubin Observatory spins beneath the stars | Space ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope scans the heavens to start its decade-long ...
A black hole fell into a star – then ate its way o...
Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra ...
Scientists open untouched Apollo 17 lunar samples ...
The isotopic ratio of sulfur-33 on the moon differs from that of Earth. Did the moon's sulfur instea...
What makes a quantum computer good?
Claims that one quantum computer is better than another rest on terms like quantum advantage or quan...
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' gets all late-night...
"Show me you’re worthy of this uniform!" — We finally have a release date for 'Star Trek: Starfleet ...
Coral reefs are at a tipping point after surging g...
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water coral...
Information could be a fundamental part of the uni...
An academic dives into using quantum physics to explore dark matter.
Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 11 megaroc...
SpaceX plans to launch Flight 11 of its huge, reusable Starship rocket on Monday evening (Oct. 13), ...
Microbes essential for human health can survive th...
Microbes essential for human health have proven resilient against the extreme forces of space travel...
Moonrise moments: A skywatching quiz
From phases to phenomena, this moon-themed skywatching quiz will test your lunar knowledge.
See Orion hunt the half-lit moon on Oct. 12
Don't miss the moon, Jupiter and the stars of the constellation Orion rise along the southern horizo...
The moon cozies up to Jupiter on Oct 13. Here's ho...
Two bright wanderers share the autumn sky as Jupiter rises beside the half moon.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 181 — World Sp...
On Episode 181 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Alma Okpalefe to discus...
May the trivia be with you: a 'Star Wars' quiz
This 'Star Wars' quiz is your chance to prove your knowledge of the saga that changed cinema — and p...
What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 11 launch on...
SpaceX plans to launch the 11th test flight of its Starship megarocket at 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT) o...
Incredible telescope image shows baby exoplanet be...
A baby exoplanet has been spotted nestled inside a ring around its young parent star, offering a nev...
Japanese astronaut eyes typhoon from orbit | On th...
Science and maintenance work continue on the International Space Station, but updates have been all ...
This fleet of sungazing spacecraft could help spot...
Four proposed sun-gazing spacecraft, working together, could help speed up space weather warnings by...
How to find Comet Lemmon in the night sky as it br...
Here's how to find Comet Lemmon in October's night sky.
This is the world's 1st image of 2 black holes orb...
After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around eac...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaking water like ...
Scientists have spotted the first clear sign of water from an interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, offering...
Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest ...
The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matt...
'It felt like something out of Star Trek.' I got a...
These binoculars guide you through the night sky in real time, with a database of 200,000 stars, and...
The Delta Aurigid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight...
The Delta Aurigids 2025 will make for a challenging skywatching event, here's why.
'Is there something emerging from my head?' 'Solar...
Hulu's adult animated sci-fi series launches its final season on Oct. 13.
Colossal 'hole' in the sun could spark impressive ...
The sun's returning coronal hole could stir up geomagnetic storms and dazzling auroras under clear, ...
Serum based on plant extracts boosts hair growth i...
Applying a daily serum that contains extracts of a tropical plant improved hair density and strand t...
ISS astronaut captures amazing video of SpaceX Sta...
A train of glittering SpaceX Starlink satellites shine brightly above a green aurora in a new video ...
JWST compares gravitational lensing | Space photo ...
A compilation of various images from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the effects of gravitation...
Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may hav...
By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances ...
Saturn's moon Mimas may have an ocean — and a futu...
Saturn's moon Mimas may have an ocean — and a future space mission could find it, scientists say.
Living in space isn't just a challenge for astrona...
World Space Week 2025 casts a lens on life in space — here, we take a look at how astronauts traveli...
'Sword Dragon' ichthyosaur had enormous eyes and a...
A beautifully preserved skeleton found on the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new speci...
Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnaviga...
Redwing, a robotic submarine about the size of a surfboard, is embarking on a five-year journey that...
