Astronomy

Scientists are exploring various proposals to repurpose existing spacecraft in order to chase after the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and take a closer look – but time is against them

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close flyby of Mars earlier this year.

New research suggests moonquakes rooted in ancient fault systems could threaten modern moon missions.

In this 30 second exposure photograph, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

When she was just 17 years old, Hannah Cairo disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, breaking a four-decade-old mathematical assumption

People lost twice as much weight if they ate a diet of minimally processed food compared with ultra-processed alternatives

People lost twice as much weight if they ate a diet of minimally processed food compared with ultra-processed alternatives

People lost weight if they ate an ultra-processed diet that was still based on dietary recommendations

People lost weight if they ate an ultra-processed diet that was still based on dietary recommendations

Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.

Differences in the skulls of carnivorous dinosaurs suggest some dinosaurs ripped flesh while others crushed bones

Differences in the skulls of carnivorous dinosaurs suggest some dinosaurs ripped flesh while others crushed bones

Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it

Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it

Kids crave approval from their peers. Chatbots offer an alternative to IRL relationships, but they can come at a price  

Explore the space between the stars from the safety of a virtual cockpit with the best space flight simulation games.

Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.

The Krasheninnikov volcano, located less than 150 miles away from the epicenter of Russia’s July 29 earthquake, began erupting on August 3

The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.

Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.