How a New Satellite Constellation Is Rewriting the Rules of Early Wildfire Detection
Earth Fire Alliance is a winner of the 2026 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a satellite constellation dedicated…
The Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Shaking Cosmology to Its Foundations
The DESI Collaboration is a winner of the 2026 Gizmodo Science Fair for greatly advancing our understanding of…
The Universe Is Full of Tiny Red Dots—and They’re One of Astronomy’s Biggest Discoveries in Decades
A team from the University of Texas at Austin and its partners is a winner of the 2026…
Mars’s Ancient Clay Holds the Same Organic Molecules That May Have Sparked Life on Earth
A large group of scientists, including astrobiologists at the University of Florida, geophysicists and engineers at NASA’s Jet…
A Spacecraft That Hunts Down Space Junk
Astroscale is a 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair winner for developing a satellite designed to rendezvous with space junk,…
A Physics Experiment Turned Lead Into Gold
The ALICE Collaboration is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for transforming lead into gold for…