University of Tokyo researchers report a reconstructed, halo-like gamma-ray map of the Milky Way's center from Fermi data that they interpret as possible direct emission from dark-matter annihilation. The resul...
The November 27 Soyuz launch damaged a mobile maintenance cabin at Baikonur Cosmodrome, overturning it into th...
Scientific and spiritual perspectives both struggle to define the boundary between life and death. Phenomena s...
December’s skies deliver a mix of accessible and rare sights: a year‑end supermoon, an early‑morning Mercury e...
Scientists report a faint, consistent signal compatible with tryptophan in powdered samples from asteroid Benn...
WPI’s Engineering Ambassadors bring middle school students to campus for hands-on STEM activities in response to MCAS results showing only a third of eighth-graders meeting sc...
Researchers Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor analyzed behavioral data from a dozen sealed analog missions...
Ancient Mars was warmer and volcanically active, and silica deposits discovered by the Spirit rover at Home Pl...
China will return the damaged Shenzhou-20 capsule to Earth without crew so engineers can closely inspect a crack found in the return-window. The defect, discovered just before a planned Nov. 5 departure after a...
Launch activity on Florida's Space Coast slowed over Thanksgiving after the region recorded its 101st orbital ...
The study published in Science reports that pigeons have specialized inner-ear cells that convert magnetic sig...
The Moon is a Waxing Gibbous on Nov. 30, about 74% illuminated . Naked-eye observers can spot Mare Vaporum, Ma...
Researchers at Penn State led by Christelle Wauthier have developed models that simulate how volcano flanks respond to rising magma and identify where collapses are most likel...
The Cold Moon will peak over Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 4, visible by about 6:14 p.m. local time. This December...
A bright green fireball streaked across the Great Lakes around 5:30 a.m., exploding over Lake Huron after prod...
Modern science keeps uncovering prehistoric finds that reshape our picture of the past. Recent discoveries—fro...
Incendiamoeba cascadensis , discovered in Lassen Volcanic National Park, grows and divides at temperatures up to 63°C (145°F), setting a new record for eukaryotes. It requires at least ~42°C to grow, shows peak...
Researchers used advanced geodynamic simulations to identify an "episodic‑squishy lid" tectonic regime that li...
Spanish researchers have developed a synthetic molecule, inverted cyanobactin (iCB), that mimics the drought hormone abscisic acid and reduces water loss when sprayed on leave...
NASA is testing Axiom-built AxEMU lunar spacesuits underwater at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston to rehear...
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected unexpected ultraviolet radiation around five protostars in the Oph...
A population-level study reports that human brain networks pass through five distinct topological epochs separ...
Chilean students selected the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) as the commemorative image for the 8.1‑m Gemini Sout...
Key points: The vampire squid ( Vampyroteuthis infernalis ) has the largest cephalopod genome yet sequenced, r...
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...
December's full moon — the cold or long night moon — will be a supermoon on Dec. 4, 2025 , with peak illuminat...
SpaceX plans a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, Dec. 1, with a four-hour window ope...
The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA network issued an alert for event S251112cm, a gravitational-wave candidate that may invo...
University of Tokyo researchers report a reconstructed, halo-like gamma-ray map of the Milky Way's center from Fermi data that they interpret as possible direct emission from dark-matter annihilation. The resul...
The November 27 Soyuz launch damaged a mobile maintenance cabin at Baikonur Cosmodrome, overturning it into th...
Scientific and spiritual perspectives both struggle to define the boundary between life and death. Phenomena s...
December’s skies deliver a mix of accessible and rare sights: a year‑end supermoon, an early‑morning Mercury e...
Scientists report a faint, consistent signal compatible with tryptophan in powdered samples from asteroid Benn...
WPI’s Engineering Ambassadors bring middle school students to campus for hands-on STEM activities in response to MCAS results showing only a third of eighth-graders meeting sc...
Researchers Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor analyzed behavioral data from a dozen sealed analog missions...
Ancient Mars was warmer and volcanically active, and silica deposits discovered by the Spirit rover at Home Pl...
China will return the damaged Shenzhou-20 capsule to Earth without crew so engineers can closely inspect a crack found in the return-window. The defect, discovered just before a planned Nov. 5 departure after a...
Launch activity on Florida's Space Coast slowed over Thanksgiving after the region recorded its 101st orbital ...
The study published in Science reports that pigeons have specialized inner-ear cells that convert magnetic sig...
The Moon is a Waxing Gibbous on Nov. 30, about 74% illuminated . Naked-eye observers can spot Mare Vaporum, Ma...
Researchers at Penn State led by Christelle Wauthier have developed models that simulate how volcano flanks respond to rising magma and identify where collapses are most likel...
The Cold Moon will peak over Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 4, visible by about 6:14 p.m. local time. This December...
A bright green fireball streaked across the Great Lakes around 5:30 a.m., exploding over Lake Huron after prod...
Modern science keeps uncovering prehistoric finds that reshape our picture of the past. Recent discoveries—fro...
Incendiamoeba cascadensis , discovered in Lassen Volcanic National Park, grows and divides at temperatures up to 63°C (145°F), setting a new record for eukaryotes. It requires at least ~42°C to grow, shows peak...
Researchers used advanced geodynamic simulations to identify an "episodic‑squishy lid" tectonic regime that li...
Spanish researchers have developed a synthetic molecule, inverted cyanobactin (iCB), that mimics the drought hormone abscisic acid and reduces water loss when sprayed on leave...
NASA is testing Axiom-built AxEMU lunar spacesuits underwater at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston to rehear...
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected unexpected ultraviolet radiation around five protostars in the Oph...
A population-level study reports that human brain networks pass through five distinct topological epochs separ...
Chilean students selected the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) as the commemorative image for the 8.1‑m Gemini Sout...
Key points: The vampire squid ( Vampyroteuthis infernalis ) has the largest cephalopod genome yet sequenced, r...
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...
December's full moon — the cold or long night moon — will be a supermoon on Dec. 4, 2025 , with peak illuminat...
SpaceX plans a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, Dec. 1, with a four-hour window ope...
The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA network issued an alert for event S251112cm, a gravitational-wave candidate that may invo...