Science

Both educational and mesmerizing, the Thames and Kosmos planetarium star projector is a great gift for kids.

SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 18), sending them aloft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Blue Origin plans to launch its 35th New Shepard suborbital mission this morning (Sept. 18) after a nearly four-week delay, and you can watch the uncrewed effort live.

One of the world’s largest radio telescopes has been destroyed by a Ukrainian drone to prevent Russian forces from using it for military communications.

On August 31 at midnight, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar Province near the Pakistan border.

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly alkaline ones. Perseverance’s discoveries guide future sampling and strengthen the hunt for past life on Mars.

Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold dark matter, providing long-sought answers about the invisible backbone of the…

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering objects exist beyond our Solar System. The find suggests fragments like comets and…

Scientists at the University of Geneva have created the first detailed catalogue of gut bacteria at the subspecies level, unlocking powerful new ways to detect colorectal cancer. By applying machine learning to stool samples, they achieved a 90% detection rate—nearly…