A team of astronomers have compiled 12.5 years of data from the Fermi Gammy-ray Space Telescope to form a gamma-ray pulsar timing array, a system of cosmic lighthouses that could help reveal ripples … [+4631 chars]
Scientists at the Tanis dig site in North Dakota have uncovered a fossil of a dinosaur that they believe died on the day that the giant reptiles were wiped from existence by an asteroid. According t… [+1587 chars]
Most precise ever measurement of W boson mass to be in tension with the Standard Model. After 10 years of careful analysis and scrutiny, scientists of the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of… [+8582 chars]
Last year, a genetic analysis of bone fragments representing our earliest known presence in Europe raised a few questions over the steps modern humans took to conquer every corner of the modern world… [+4724 chars]
The Curiosity rover will not be gallivanting over these "gator back" rocks. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. NASA's Curiosity rover… [+2279 chars]
The particle detector inside the collision hall. Fermilab You've probably heard of protons, positive specks anchoring atoms. You've likely come across electrons, negative blips roaming around those… [+7376 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to cool down as it prepares to take its first scientific images of the distant universe this summer. One instrument in particular needs some extra help to acc… [+2525 chars]
Physicists at the Australian National University have developed the most sensitive method ever for measuring the potential energy of an atom (within a hundredth of a decillionth of a jouleor 10-35 jo… [+4389 chars]
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —WATCH LIVE COVERAGE ABOVE: All systems go for a historic launch at the Kennedy Space Center Friday morning. Axiom and SpaceX will put the first all-private crew on the Interna… [+7858 chars]
Enlarge/ SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and the Endeavour spacecraft await the Axiom-1 crew launch on Friday. 33 with 18 posters participating Welcome to Edition 4.38 of the Rocket Report! We're already … [+6262 chars]
The face that the Moon shows to Earth looks far different from the one it hides on its far side. The nearside is dominated by the lunar marethe vast, dark-colored remnants of ancient lava flows. The … [+4736 chars]
A powerful space laser emitted from a distant galaxy has been discovered by astronomers. The beam of radio waves is what scientists call a “megamaser” and this one is the most distant yet, emerging … [+2698 chars]
