SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life
An expert dives into the history of radio astronomy and the search for life beyond our Earth.
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New NASA HEAT and My NASA Data Resources Bring Space Weather Science into Classrooms
Explore This Section Science Science Activation New NASA HEAT and My NASA Data… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 3 min read New NASA HEAT and My NASA Data Resources…
Why did ancient people build massive, mysterious mounds in Louisiana?
Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a vast, temporary gathering of egalitarian communities seeking spiritual harmony in a volatile world. New radiocarbon data and reexamined artifacts…
NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992
5 min read NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992 Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Home Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at…
Watch fractured comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) race away from the sun in free livestream tonight
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) fractured following a close brush with the sun on Oct. 8.
Nonprofit news outlets are often scared that selling ads could jeopardize their tax-exempt status
Although advertising revenue largely sustained the news media in the 20th century, it’s been harder to come by in the digital age. News media outlets just aren’t as important these days for advertisers when they can reach potential customers in…
How technology is reshaping children’s development: The good, the bad and the unknown
It’s a common scene on public transport. A parent holds a mobile phone showing noisy cartoons to their young child. The pair is looking at the screen together, laughing. Yet parent and child rarely exchange a gaze or look out…
HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck—yet it still holds secrets
In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Christian Fletcher, staged an uprising against their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, in 1789, forcing…
Strangulation laws potentially saved 1,500 lives
US legislation making strangulation a serious criminal offense has been linked to reduced intimate partner homicide rates, with 14% fewer women killed and 27% fewer male victims in the 18-49 age group.
China to launch an empty Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help stranded astronauts on Tiangong space station
China will launch an empty spacecraft to provide stranded astronauts a ride home, and you can watch the action live.