The column critiques efforts by Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to move the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Udvar‑Hazy Center to Space Center Houston, noting the Smithsonian’s warning that relocat...
The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA network issued an alert for event S251112cm, a gravitational-wave candidate that may invo...
Rapid VLT follow‑up captured the first light from supernova SN 2024ggi, allowing astronomers to measure the ex...
Short summary: Current evidence points to a slow fading of the universe rather than an abrupt end. Star format...
A study in Frontiers in Zoology reports that urban raccoons commonly show shorter snouts than rural individual...
Ancient DNA analyses show modern domestic cats (Felis catus) most likely originated in North Africa and spread...
Forensic scientists apply scientific methods and keen observation to reconstruct crimes and identify people. K...
The study in Science Advances shows that metformin reaches the ventromedial hypothalamus and suppresses a brai...
A reanalysis of 15 years of NASA Fermi telescope data reveals a halo-like gamma-ray signal near the Milky Way’s center that the authors say matches predictions for annihilating WIMPs at ~20 GeV. The inferred pa...
What: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 carrying 29 Starlink satellites from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Cente...
A European neuroscience team reports evidence that pigeons sense Earth's magnetic field via sensitive electric...
2025 saw a burst of major astronomical discoveries thanks to improved telescopes, AI and international collabo...
On Nov. 29, a Soyuz MS-28 liftoff from Baikonur dislodged a service bay beneath the launch pad, sending debris...
Physicist Robert Scherrer explores what would happen if a tiny black hole passed through a person. A black hol...
The Virtual Telescope Institute and the Asteroid Foundation will stream live on Nov. 30 as near‑Earth asteroid...
Avi Loeb is publicly criticizing NASA and several astronomers after they described the interstellar object 3I/...
The Ngamba Island study, published in Science , demonstrates that chimpanzees can revise beliefs rationally when presented with sequential evidence. Computational models show their choices reflect evidence-weig...
The Moon is in a Waxing Gibbous phase on Nov. 29, with about 63% illumination (NASA). Naked-eye observers can ...
Researchers who reanalyzed Palomar Observatory plates from 1949–1958 report fleeting, star‑like transients tha...
The evening of Nov. 29 offers a pleasant skywatching opportunity as a waxing gibbous Moon sits close to Saturn...
Researchers re‑examined the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s extensive Dunkleosteus collection and publis...
This week’s science highlights include a functional cure for type 1 diabetes in mice using immune reboot and s...
Time feels obvious in experience but has long resisted neat definition because thinkers often blur what exists...
The Sky Guy column celebrates its 18th year and highlights December’s top sky events. Look for the Great Squar...
Researchers at IBEC and West China Hospital developed supramolecular nanoparticles that mimic ligands for the LRP1 receptor to repair the blood–brain barrier and accelerate amyloid‑beta clearance. In mice engin...
Hayli Gubbi in northern Ethiopia erupted on Nov. 23 — its first recorded eruption in nearly 12,000 years — sen...
December skies over Wyoming feature two easily seen planets (Jupiter and Saturn), bright winter constellations, and two meteor showers. The Geminids peak overnight Dec. 13–14 ...
The Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracksite in Colorado contains more than 130 sauropod footprints dating to about 150 mi...
The column critiques efforts by Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to move the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Udvar‑Hazy Center to Space Center Houston, noting the Smithsonian’s warning that relocat...
The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA network issued an alert for event S251112cm, a gravitational-wave candidate that may invo...
Rapid VLT follow‑up captured the first light from supernova SN 2024ggi, allowing astronomers to measure the ex...
Short summary: Current evidence points to a slow fading of the universe rather than an abrupt end. Star format...
A study in Frontiers in Zoology reports that urban raccoons commonly show shorter snouts than rural individual...
Ancient DNA analyses show modern domestic cats (Felis catus) most likely originated in North Africa and spread...
Forensic scientists apply scientific methods and keen observation to reconstruct crimes and identify people. K...
The study in Science Advances shows that metformin reaches the ventromedial hypothalamus and suppresses a brai...
A reanalysis of 15 years of NASA Fermi telescope data reveals a halo-like gamma-ray signal near the Milky Way’s center that the authors say matches predictions for annihilating WIMPs at ~20 GeV. The inferred pa...
What: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 carrying 29 Starlink satellites from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Cente...
A European neuroscience team reports evidence that pigeons sense Earth's magnetic field via sensitive electric...
2025 saw a burst of major astronomical discoveries thanks to improved telescopes, AI and international collabo...
On Nov. 29, a Soyuz MS-28 liftoff from Baikonur dislodged a service bay beneath the launch pad, sending debris...
Physicist Robert Scherrer explores what would happen if a tiny black hole passed through a person. A black hol...
The Virtual Telescope Institute and the Asteroid Foundation will stream live on Nov. 30 as near‑Earth asteroid...
Avi Loeb is publicly criticizing NASA and several astronomers after they described the interstellar object 3I/...
The Ngamba Island study, published in Science , demonstrates that chimpanzees can revise beliefs rationally when presented with sequential evidence. Computational models show their choices reflect evidence-weig...
The Moon is in a Waxing Gibbous phase on Nov. 29, with about 63% illumination (NASA). Naked-eye observers can ...
Researchers who reanalyzed Palomar Observatory plates from 1949–1958 report fleeting, star‑like transients tha...
The evening of Nov. 29 offers a pleasant skywatching opportunity as a waxing gibbous Moon sits close to Saturn...
Researchers re‑examined the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s extensive Dunkleosteus collection and publis...
This week’s science highlights include a functional cure for type 1 diabetes in mice using immune reboot and s...
Time feels obvious in experience but has long resisted neat definition because thinkers often blur what exists...
The Sky Guy column celebrates its 18th year and highlights December’s top sky events. Look for the Great Squar...
Researchers at IBEC and West China Hospital developed supramolecular nanoparticles that mimic ligands for the LRP1 receptor to repair the blood–brain barrier and accelerate amyloid‑beta clearance. In mice engin...
Hayli Gubbi in northern Ethiopia erupted on Nov. 23 — its first recorded eruption in nearly 12,000 years — sen...
December skies over Wyoming feature two easily seen planets (Jupiter and Saturn), bright winter constellations, and two meteor showers. The Geminids peak overnight Dec. 13–14 ...
The Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracksite in Colorado contains more than 130 sauropod footprints dating to about 150 mi...