Brimming over with challenging calculations, daunting data, and formidable formulas, science seems an intimidating prospect for many people. This seems true for both young people — despite their pare… [+8228 chars]
An international collaboration of astronomers has created the most detailed simulation yet of the early stages of the universe. The simulation can be seen in the video below, showing the first light … [+2511 chars]
Brimming over with challenging calculations, daunting data, and formidable formulas, science seems an intimidating prospect for many people. This seems true for both young people — despite their pare… [+8228 chars]
Major crashes between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of similar crashes give clues about how frequently these events occur around other stars. Most of the rocky planets and satel… [+5560 chars]
In the 1980s , we knew of no planets outside our Solar System. This week, NASA announced more than 5,000 exoplanets. Its quite the leap from the discovery of an odd set of planets around a dead star… [+10151 chars]
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin made headlines around the world when he stated that the U.S. would have to use “broomsticks” to fly into space since Russia would no longer make its rocket engines avai… [+2070 chars]
There may be no better time to visit the Edison & Ford Winter Estates than now, when the air is balmy, and the gardens are riotous with flowers and butterflies. Thomas Edisons winter home on the… [+5906 chars]
MARINA Tucked beyond an expanding shopping center and a row of recently built houses off Highway 1 lies a cluster of Fort Ord-era buildings. In these structures which once were a top-secret military … [+5940 chars]
SKY GUIDE: This map represents the night sky as it appears over Maine during April. The stars are shown as they appear at 10:30 p.m. early in the month, at 9:30 p.m. at midmonth, and at 8:30 p.m. at … [+7553 chars]
We have a new tool for monitoring Earth’s oceans: The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft, which has taken over from its predecessor to become the official satellite for measuring global sea level… [+2079 chars]
WHEN ex-racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart discovered his wife Helen had dementia, he was shocked to learn there was no cure for it. Even worse, there was little hope on the horizon. When my wife was… [+9777 chars]
Skip to content It's launching a device that pulls oxygen from lunar regolith. This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories li… [+4942 chars]
