30 years on, “Independence Day” still proves the versatility of the original “The War of the Worlds”
“Independence Day” definitely isn’t “The War of the Worlds”. The characters are all new, the alien invaders don’t…
Bedford plans free summer festivities and astronomy night at Heritage Park
Silhouettes look up at the night sky during an astronomy activity. (Courtesy of Town of Bedford) Get local…
America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
Happy Fourth of July, Space Fans! As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, we here at Space.com…
How astrophysicist Arthur McDonald’s summer job at a power plant came full circle
Open this photo in gallery: Photo Illustration by The Globe and Mail. Sources: Queen’s University, Getty Images Even…
Scientists Have Identified a New Fossil Species of Axolotl in Mexico
Researchers at the Zaragoza School of Advanced Studies (FES Zaragoza) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)…
New details hint at the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
The passing of a comet from another star system gives scientists an opportunity to peer back into ancient…
Saturn used to be listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, found dozens more, and by 2026 the count had exploded to 285 — so many that Saturn now has nearly three times as many confirmed moons as Jupiter.
A few years ago, Saturn was listed with 83 moons. Then astronomers looked harder, began finding them dozens…
Seeing Green: Nature Immersion Has Its Benefits
Can nature heal? Human history regarding the relationship with nature is paradoxical. On one hand, the notion that…
Hubble has spotted ‘impossible’ light in deep space, and scientists are trying to explain where it came from
Astronomers have detected light from a tiny but powerful galaxy that existed when the universe was still emerging…
Astronomers find Jupiter-size ‘super-puff’ planets so light they’re less dense than cotton candy
Two newly identified giant exoplanets are roughly Jupiter-sized, yet their material is so diffuse that each is less…
Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’ | National parks
On a crisp, sunny morning at the end of June, dappled light filtered through the canopy of an…
This Strange Martian Rock Contains a Mineral Scientists Never Expected To Find
Mars, the red planet. Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown Martian rock containing a…