Science

ULA will launch 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites to orbit this morning (Sept. 25), and you can watch the action live.

Credit: NASA NASA has selected Science and Technology Corp. of Columbia, Maryland, to support atmospheric science research and development at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Atmosphere Support is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, shown in this artist’s concept, orbits Earth as it studies the ever-changing universe. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space…

A new study suggests that, without plate tectonics and the right balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, advanced alien civilizations may be exceedingly rare.

“Get a job!” shouted yet another driver going past me in the sweeping rain outside Preston New Road fracking site, on another bitingly cold winter’s day. Recipients of these outbursts were mostly retirees like the Nanas of Lancashire (a group…

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, who could launch on their trip around the moon as early as Feb. 5, have named their Orion capsule “Integrity.”

Once considered a universal good, empathy now divides as much as it unites. Empathy has long been viewed as a straightforward strength in leadership, but it has recently become a political flashpoint.

(Top) NASA astronaut Anne McClain performs the first series of tests of an Astrobee robot, Bumble, during a hardware checkout in May, 2019.  (Bottom) NASA astronaut McClain poses with Astrobee robots Bumble (left) and Honey during their latest on orbit…

According to a new study, researchers with expertise on the Middle East and/or Israel/Palestine have been engaging in self-censorship in response to perceived and actual restrictions at German universities.

There are lots of good reasons not to eat meat or dairy products. It might be for your health or for the sake of the environment. Or you might have moral concerns about consuming animals.