A Giant Asteroid Struck Australia 11 Million Years Ago. So Where Is the Crater?
Scientists have discovered a new field of rare glass fragments in Australia, created by a massive asteroid impact…
Responding to the climate impact of generative AI | MIT News
In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence’s environmental impacts, MIT News explores some of the…
It’s official—the United States wants to have an inhabited lunar village within 10 years, while other space agencies prioritize Earth
The United States, through NASA administrator Sean Duffy, announced at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025) in Sydney…
Scientists make game-changing discovery that could help protect global food supply: ‘Molecular scissors’
Scientists have discovered a way to make gene editing safer and more precise — and it’s an advance…
Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas
Melting ice sheets in Antarctica will raise sea levels DurkTalsma/Getty Images Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping…
Evidence that a supernova explosion hit Earth 10 million years ago
Star explosions don’t just happen in movies, they’re real and frequent cosmic events. New evidence seems to show…
JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87 galaxy’s supermassive black hole jet
For more than a century, astronomers have marveled at the brilliant jet of matter blasting from the heart…
DLR Prepares to Launch Small Reusable Space Transportation Demonstrator
Credit: DLR / Andøya Space / MORABA The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is preparing to launch its ATHEAt…
Jane Goodall, Chimpanzee Expert, Conservationist, Dead at 91
Jane Goodall, the pioneering chimpanzee researcher who changed our understanding of what it means to be human, died…
China’s Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth
Smile! A spacecraft just caught you — and everyone else on our planet — on camera while snapping…
It’s official—NASA confirms that Blue Ghost 1 reached Mare Crisium with instruments to study lunar dust and ancient volcanic activity
NASA has confirmed a milestone in space exploration: Blue Ghost 1, a private spacecraft from the Firefly Aerospace…
Meet 6 sharks that are not dangerous to humans
Sharks often seem scary because of movies and the news, but most of them are not dangerous. Many…