Updated: 09/04/2022 The first fully private mission docks at the International Space Station. A four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space blasted off from Florida on Friday. NASA has hailed … [+229 chars]
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's latest successor, James Webb Space Telescope, is now exploring the space regions that no other satellites were able to reach until now. James Webb is considered to b… [+2589 chars]
Look up at the sky before sunrise Saturday (April 9) to see a trio of planets, twin stars and the moon entering its next phase. The planets Venus, Mars and Saturn appear close together in the sou… [+2753 chars]
This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. N… [+1943 chars]
In the long process of getting ready to take its first scientific observations this summer, the James Webb Space Telescope now has three out of its four instruments aligned to its mirrors. The fourth… [+2663 chars]
Artist’s concept of the Big Bang. The Big Bang is the popular name for the moment in time when the Universe started The term ‘Big Bang’ is often taken to refer to the moment that our Universe began… [+3973 chars]
A massive wave breaks. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)In July 1958, an 8.3-magnitude earthquake at the Fairweather Fault rocked Alaska's southern coast. The ground-shaking event cau… [+7264 chars]
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The Big Idea An analysis of the genetic material in the ocean has identified thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses and doub… [+4176 chars]
The moon obscures Jupiter in this image taken in the United States in 2004.Jimmy West Lake, The isotopic properties of the compound can be used to study its origin and evolution, and we can apply th… [+6316 chars]
This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. N… [+1943 chars]
The Mississippi River Delta is home to the world's largest contiguous swath of Phragmites australis, or more commonly known as the common reed. But the plant that can grow to nearly 20 feet tall and … [+5231 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Earliest-known galaxy offers clues about the primordial universe Astronomers have discovered what may be the earliest and most distant galaxy … [+1429 chars]