A retired NASA spacecraft weighing about 1,300 pounds is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere on March 10 after nearly 14 years in orbit studying the Van Allen radiation belts.
A Victorian home in Maine owned by the same family for more than 130 years has been listed for sale, offering buyers a rare chance to own a piece of local history.
Researchers in Vancouver found that raccoons enjoy solving puzzle-like challenges for food, revealing the animals’ strong problem-solving skills and adaptability in urban environments.
A rare oarfish sighting off Mexico’s coast has gone viral online. The deep-sea species, sometimes linked to folklore about disasters, rarely appears near the surface.
New research suggests turbulent space weather around distant stars may distort extraterrestrial radio signals, potentially hiding them from Earth’s detection systems.
Scientists have created a four-dimensional computer simulation of a minimal bacterium, capturing its entire life cycle and revealing how thousands of molecules interact inside a living cell
The northern lights are currently near peak visibility due to increased solar activity, giving skywatchers a limited-time opportunity to see the aurora before activity gradually fades.
A 29-year warming experiment in Colorado shows that rising temperatures gradually shift soil fungal communities, highlighting how climate change reshapes ecosystems beneath the ground.
Scientists warn that emissions choices this decade could shape Antarctica’s future for centuries, affecting sea ice, glaciers, ecosystems, and global sea levels.
Chinese researchers used an AI model to map the chemical composition of the Moon’s far side, offering new insights into lunar geology and supporting future exploration missions.
As governments increasingly rely on private companies for rocket launches, experts warn that concentrating space access in a few firms could create strategic risks and highlight the need for backup options.
New research suggests turbulent space weather could distort radio signals traveling across the cosmos, potentially making extraterrestrial messages harder for scientists on Earth to detect.
A rare planetary conjunction will bring Venus and Saturn unusually close in the evening sky on Sunday night. Visible shortly after sunset, the two planets will appear about one degree apart above the western horizon.
Ancient zircon crystals—some 4.4 billion years old—are helping scientists confirm Earth’s early history, offering rare clues about the planet’s first crust, water, and geological evolution.
Engineers created magnetic lattices that mimic graphene’s structure, allowing magnetic systems to reproduce behaviors similar to the electron dynamics seen in graphene.
Observations from NASA’s DART mission suggest asteroid impacts can release clusters of drifting debris resembling “cosmic snowballs,” offering new insight into how asteroid systems slowly evolve.
Researchers show that superconductivity may be controlled using built-in optical cavities that confine light, altering how electrons interact inside quantum materials.
New research suggests turbulent space weather may distort radio signals traveling across the galaxy, potentially complicating efforts to detect messages from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Proposed orbital mirror satellites could reflect sunlight to Earth at night, creating artificial twilight. While useful in theory, scientists warn the technology may disrupt astronomy and natural night skies.
Satellite data show that sea levels around Antarctica sit hundreds of feet lower than the global average due to variations in Earth’s gravity linked to mantle structure and ice mass.
Mammals are usually less colorful than birds, reptiles, or fish because their fur relies mainly on melanin pigments, limiting color variety compared with structural colors and pigments in feathers and scales.
The writers behind the new sci-fi novel Detour discuss balancing imagination and realism, arguing that science fiction ideas do not need perfect accuracy but must remain believable.
Scientists suggest lightning-like discharges could be recreated in laboratory materials without storm clouds. The research may allow controlled experiments to study lightning and its powerful physics.
Scientists analyzing faint stellar signals have identified hundreds of possible new exoplanet candidates that may represent undiscovered planets orbiting distant stars.