Science
'War of the Worlds' in reverse? Mars dirt could he...
Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically r...
Auroras on Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede look like...
Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Ear...
The secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on...
An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halve...
SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous 'jellyfish...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force St...
Antarctica has lost 5,000 square miles of 'grounde...
Antarctica has lost nearly 5,000 square miles of "grounded ice" in 30 years, as warming ocean waters...
Sea levels around the world are much higher than w...
Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of pe...
Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving as...
Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation's human spacefli...
Spectacular spiral galaxy revealed by James Webb S...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning spiral galaxy 65 million light-years away, reveal...
Top predators still prowled the seas after the big...
The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but m...
Did these spruce trees really 'predict' a solar ec...
Science is messy business. Finding the truth is easier said than done.
NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does...
In a major shakeup of the Artemis program, NASA is adding more missions to its timeline to land astr...
The best image stabilized binoculars 2026: Our gui...
Our guide to the best image stabilized binoculars can set you on your way to a great stargazing expe...
Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?...
AI chatbot Claude going down is just one example of a recent IT outage. One of the main vulnerabilit...
The total lunar eclipse 2026 dazzles in incredible...
From city skylines to remote dark skies, skywatchers worldwide captured the total lunar eclipse 2026...
How worried should you be about microplastics?
Microplastics have been found accumulating everywhere from our water to our body tissues, but many o...
NASA repairs Artemis 2 rocket, continues eyeing Ap...
NASA has repaired its Artemis 2 rocket, apparently keeping things on track for a possible April laun...
Lessons from 'The Martian': How astronaut poop cou...
By fertilizing inorganic regolith with organic human waste that has been processed through bioreacto...
Mission Hayabusa: Test your JAXA IQ
Test your knowledge of Japan's boldest leaps into the cosmos with a quiz that explores JAXA's missio...
'Masters of the Universe': Release date, plot, cas...
He-Man prepares to renew hostilities with Skeletor in a live-action reboot of the toy-inspired carto...
Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid e...
A method for making quantum computers less error-prone could let them run complex programs such as s...
3rd time’s the charm? Watch private Japanese rocke...
The Japanese company Space One will launch its Kairos rocket for the third time ever today (March 3)...
Spiral galaxy is a stunning cosmic wheel in head-t...
The galaxy NGC 941 was imaged by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai'i.
Selfish Y chromosome may explain why some families...
A family in Utah with a disproportionate number of boys has been traced back over hundreds of years,...
This record-breaking quadruple star system is so j...
"TIC 120362137 is currently the most compact known 3+1-type quadruple star system."
The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwi...
From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramat...
Your microbiome may determine your risk of a sever...
The microbes that live in our mouth and gut may influence whether an allergic reaction to peanuts is...
The world's 1st private space telescope just spott...
The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey t...
Rare glass from 6-million-year-old meteorite strik...
There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another...
Why the US is using a cheap Iranian drone against ...
The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to...
Totality is over — Feast your eyes on the 1st phot...
Tonight's blood moon was the last that will be seen over North America until New Year's Eve 2028.
Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousn...
The science writer delves into the vast subject of consciousness in his new book A World Appears – a...
Would aliens do physics, or is science a human inv...
Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – m...
First drone passengers may be combat casualties an...
Drones aren't yet licensed to carry passengers, but some may already be airlifting wounded personnel...
How fast is the universe actually expanding? Rippl...
Using gravitational waves as a measure of the universe's rate of expansion could solve the biggest h...
From Hyrule to the heavens: Here's what 'The Legen...
"The blood moon rises once again! Please be careful, Link."
Total lunar eclipse weather forecast: Will US skie...
Cloud cover outlook for the total lunar eclipse — where the blood moon will be visible.
4 bright planets light up March evenings — here's ...
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars shine together after sunset in early March, with Mercury at its bes...
SpaceX deploys two more Starlink groups into orbit...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space For...
A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions r...
Physicists are scrambling to understand why dark energy is weakening. In a surprising twist, we must...
The bombshell results that demand a new theory of ...
Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has ...
A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cos...
Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic quest...
Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wron...
This is a New Scientist special package about shock results that have upended cosmology. What do the...
Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 bil...
Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but s...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image | ...
The JUICE spacecraft captured its first detailed glimpse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing a...
Real NASA space telescope data creates soundtracks...
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus into immers...
Could these weird stars just be overgrown planets?...
There's a whole slew of objects that astronomers aren't sure whether to classify as "failed stars" o...
Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn ...
Fungus-farming ants have evolved a remarkable solution to the danger of excess carbon dioxide inside...
What equipment do you need to observe the total lu...
Get a closer look at the "blood moon" this March 3.
A total lunar eclipse will turn the full moon bloo...
Tonight's blood moon will be the last until New Year's Eve 2028-2029. So catch it if you can!
