Vast wraps $500M round as company vies for NASA space station contract
Vast missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that…
Name the seven-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo, who has found internet fame for his relationship with a stuffed orangutan toy from Ikea. – The Saturday Paper
Name the seven-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo, who has found internet fame for his relationship…
Ancient Milky Way stars challenge the age of the universe and the Hubble tension
The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments.…
Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
Between October 2022 and March 2025, we captured 22 such stellar occultations of the Didymos system. Combined with…
Dance, pluck… then paralyse: the riskiest date night in nature
Discover the spider puts its mate in a trance. Mating may be one of the riskiest things a…
New Insight on Body’s Physical Force Detection
LA JOLLA, CA—Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical…
Extreme weather is exposing a dangerous flaw in modern buildings
Most of us don’t see buildings as life-support systems. But that’s exactly what they are. We sleep inside…
NASA’s DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour…
Giant oarfish strand on Cabo San Lucas beach, prompting rescue effort
March 5, 2026, 4:15 p.m. ET Video has surfaced showing two deep-sea oarfish moments after the “giant sea…
Psychology says mothers who can identify their son’s mood from the way he says “hello” on the phone have developed these 6 attunement patterns — and the speed of that reading is something researchers say no other relationship in a man’s life will ever replicate
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. “Hey Mom.” “Oh honey, what’s wrong? Did something happen with…
Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse
The Gulf Stream ocean current carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico up the US east coast…
Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time
As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture…