Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice
Scientists didn’t expect to find the remnants of an icy world around this extremely dense white dwarf star.
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The Italian Communist Party and the pursuit of revolutionary science
Although scholarship has demonstrated the inextricability of the history of science from the histories of industry and politics, little attention has been paid to the role of political parties in the shaping of scientific inquiry. A new article in Isis,…
Why karma feels good after being unfairly excluded
Call it karma, schadenfreude or any number of other terms, but nearly everyone has taken joy at someone else’s misfortune, especially if the victim had snubbed others.
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 11th test flight (video)
SpaceX performed a full-duration static fire test with its latest Starship spacecraft recently to help gear up for the 11th test flight of the massive rocket.
Study discovers link between vehicle emissions and commercial real estate returns
As sustainability rises to the forefront of investment strategy, new research from Virginia Tech published in the Journal of Real Estate Research reveals that environmental factors, specifically vehicle emissions, play a measurable role in shaping commercial real estate performance.
Ancient pottery discovery unlocks earliest proof of horses in Bronze Age Sicily
Scholars were wrong about prehistoric Sicily. Davide Tanasi, a professor at the University of South Florida, has new evidence that not only were horses present on the Mediterranean island earlier than previously thought, but that they also played an important…
‘A front-row seat to history’: NASA’s Artemis 2 moonshot could launch as early as Feb. 5
NASA’s ambitious mission to return astronauts to the moon for the first time this century is on track to launch no later than April 2026, but it just might fly sooner if all goes well.
NASA’s New Astronaut Candidates
NASA/James Blair NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidate class greets the crowd in this Sept. 22, 2025, image. The group was introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States. The class now will…
Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language: What the research says
If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, don’t let age put you off. People aged over 60 can be independent and flexible in how they learn a language—and successful, too.
NASA laser communication demo shows promise for Mars missions
Final tests of NASA’s laser beam communication technology offer a promising new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space, including future missions to Mars.