New James Webb Space Telescope observations show asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely miss both Earth and the Moon in its 2032 close flyby, refining earlier impact concerns.
New research shows the Earth’s warming rate has increased in the past decade — nearly doubling compared with previous decades — signaling a faster pace of global temperature rise.
With Lunar Gateway’s future uncertain, NASA is adapting Artemis missions so Orion and commercial landers rendezvous directly in orbit — testing docking first in low‑Earth orbit.
On Sunday after sunset, Venus and Saturn will appear close together in the western twilight sky — a gentle celestial conjunction visible with the naked eye.
Antarctica’s grounded ice has retreated by nearly 5,000 sq miles over 30 years — equal to ten Los Angeles‑sized areas — revealing a nuanced pattern of stability and change.
New James Webb Telescope observations confirm that asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared as a potential “city-killer,” will safely pass the moon in 2032 with zero risk of collision.
NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4 will not strike the Moon in 2032. New observations refined its orbit, showing it will safely pass about 13,200 miles from the lunar surface.
Scientists observed electrons crossing solar materials in just 18 femtoseconds, driven by molecular vibrations—an ultrafast process that may reshape how future solar technologies are designed.
Scientists successfully grew and harvested chickpeas in simulated lunar soil, offering new insights into how food crops might be cultivated during future human missions to the Moon.
Scientists observed the fastest glacier collapse ever recorded as Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreated about eight kilometers in two months, revealing how quickly ice sheets can destabilize.
Scientists working with IBM have identified the first molecule exhibiting a half-Möbius electronic structure, using quantum computing to analyze its unusual twisted electron orbitals.
Scientists created an open digital library of more than 2,000 high-resolution 3D scans of ants, giving researchers worldwide a powerful new tool to study insect anatomy and biodiversity.
A minor geomagnetic storm may bring the northern lights to skies above 10 northern U.S. states tonight, offering skywatchers a chance to glimpse the aurora borealis.
A global study finds many tropical insects already live near their heat tolerance limits, raising concerns that climate change could threaten up to half of species in some lowland ecosystems.
New structural research reveals that Asgard archaea contain hundreds of eukaryote-like proteins, suggesting the ancestor of complex cells may have been far more sophisticated than previously believed.
A new study finds scientists rarely disclose AI use in research papers despite journal policies requiring transparency, highlighting a growing gap between publishing rules and real academic practice.
A near‑complete 90‑million‑year‑old dinosaur fossil from Patagonia offers fresh insights into the evolution and global origins of alvarezsaurs, filling long‑standing gaps in paleontology.
A graduate student swimming off Israel’s Mediterranean coast discovered a Crusader-era sword on the seabed—his second such find—offering new insight into medieval maritime history.
Scientists studying geological data across deep time find that denser measurements reveal multifractal patterns, offering new insights into long-term environmental and climate processes.
Astronomers detected the most distant and powerful natural “space laser” ever observed, a hydroxyl megamaser from a galaxy merger 8 billion light-years away, revealed using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope.
A new evolutionary study shows that coral reef fish color diversity grows with species richness but is shaped by biological constraints, revealing hidden rules behind nature’s most colorful marine life.
Experts say artificial intelligence could transform space missions, but its success may depend on stronger collaboration between commercial space companies and government space agencies.
New experiments show hardy microbes can survive pressures like those from asteroid impacts and might endure space travel, suggesting life could potentially move between planets.
Researchers are refining solvent‑based recycling methods to dissolve and purify flexible plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene, potentially improving recycling rates and complementing mechanical recycling.