Science
Last year, the retreating ice caused thousands of Emperor...
In 2022, groups of emperor penguins in western Antarctica lost almost all their chicks to receding sea ice, signaling the threat of...
Russia says its Luna-25 lunar lander has crashed into the...
Luna-25, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon, crashed into the moon on Aug. 19 after an orbital maneuver...
Karol 'Bo' Bobko, former NASA astronaut who flew three...
Karol 'Bo' Bobko, who was the only NASA astronaut to fly on the first launch of two space shuttle orbiters, has died at the age of...
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffers 'emergency situation'...
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffered 'an emergency situation' during a maneuver in lunar orbit today (Aug. 19), putting the fate...
'Rusty' magnetic nanoparticles draw oestrogen from the...
Iron oxide particles adorned with “sticky” molecules trap estrogen in water, possibly limiting the hormone’s harmful effects on aquatic...
Tzi the Iceman's DNA was recently examined, and it reveals...
Ötzi had genetic variants for male-pattern baldness and dark skin, and he also had an unusual amount of early farmer ancestry, a new...
NASA's upcoming Psyche mission will test next-gen laser...
"DSOC was designed to demonstrate 10 to 100 times the data-return capacity of state-of-the-art radio systems used in space today"
China launches Fengyun-3F meteorological satellite to orbit
China has added a new satellite to its fleet of meteorological spacecraft.
SpaceX launches 15 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at...
SpaceX launched 15 more of its Starlink internet satellites Monday night (Aug. 7) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.
SpaceX's private control of satellite internet concerns...
Military leaders around the world have expressed concerns over the dominance of SpaceX founder Elon Musk when it comes to satellite-based...
Curious Kids: What comes after space?
To find out what is beyond space, a good place to start would be to figure out where space – our universe – ends. The problem is we...
NASA hears Voyager 2 'heartbeat' after accidentally cutting...
NASA scientists announced Tuesday afternoon that the Deep Space Network of antennae had picked up a carrier signal from the Voyager...
Hubble Space Telescope sees planet around red dwarf star...
NASA says astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a young planet around a red dwarf star 32 light-years from Earth...
Methane from cow manure contributes to global warming....
Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers...
Playful behavior in rats is controlled by a specific area...
Cells in a brain region called the periaqueductal gray are activated by chasing and tickling, a study finds. Blocking their activity...
NASA Partners with American Companies on Key Moon, Exploration...
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for...
NASA Sets Coverage for Cargo Launch to International Space...
NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman are targeting 8:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 1, for the launch of the company’s...
Chandrayaan-3's moon rover mission successfully raises...
India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is continuing its circuitous journey to the moon with a series of burns to raise its orbit around...
Watch astronauts play new 'Space Dart' game on the ISS...
Spare time on the International Space Station sometimes involves space games, and astronauts just invented a new one.
Webb Space Telescope marks 1st year of science with marvelous...
NASA released a stunning new image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex on Wednesday to mark the first year of the James Webb Space Telescope's...
