How long will the ISS operate with a skeleton crew? SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronaut mission delayed to Feb. 12
NASA and SpaceX are ready to send a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as soon…
Startup Is Turning Ocean Pollution Into Profits
Ocean cleanup, in this case, looks less like a charity drive and more like a full-fledged manufacturing…
Can current space law handle the new space age?
Global activity in Earth orbit is booming, with cheaper launch, growing megaconstellations and the emergence of commercial actors…
How do scientists hunt for dark matter? A physicist explains why the mysterious substance is so hard to find
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
Magellanic Penguins in Patagonia Are Paying the Price for a New Killer
For the first time in centuries, pumas are back in Patagonia, and they’re hunting a new prey: the…
UC Study Unveils Adult Brain Neuron Survival Secrets
Breakthrough research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is revealing how immune cells in the adult…
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers | Wildlife
Shivering and rain-drenched at the side of a pond in Cornwall, a huddle of people watched in hushed…
Space Station Research Contributes to Artemis II
Have you ever heard the saying, “You have to learn how to walk before you can run?” The…
Impossibly powerful ‘ghost particle’ that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and it could upend both particle physics and cosmology
An impossibly powerful “ghost particle” that recently slammed into Earth may have come from a rare type of…
New ‘sungrazing’ comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn’t destroy it
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new “sungrazing” comet that will have a perilously close encounter with our home…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process
Imagine a visitor from beyond our cosmic neighborhood. Not just from the next street over, but from an…
Beetles Go Stealth Mode To Infiltrate Ant Societies
Earth’s biosphere is brimming with symbiotic relationships: from bacteria that became our cells’ mitochondria, to mycorrhizal fungi that…