Science

Powerful Webb Telescope spies spectacular star birth cluster beyond the Milky Way

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image depicting a star-forming complex known as N79.  The region…

11 months ago

NASA reveals contents of asteroid sample canister whose lid was stuck

A NASA team has finally removed two "stubborn" fasteners on the lid of a return capsule from its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft…

11 months ago

Largest deep-sea coral reef mapped off East Coast: ‘Breathtaking in scale’

The East Coast of the United States is known for its miles of gorgeous beaches, but now something beneath the…

11 months ago

Wild Weather Ahead: Here’s What Comes Next After the Hottest Year on Record

We just lived through the hottest year since records began more than a century ago, but looking back at 2023,…

12 months ago

New Mexico study shows newly discovered dinosaur subspecies predates Tyrannosaurus rex

A team of researchers, including those from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), say the discovery…

12 months ago

What is the mystery light NASA’s telescope just picked up around this failed star?

Astronomers witnessed mysterious light around a failed star in an unexpected celestial discovery using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. A…

12 months ago

Lost asteroid 2007 FT3 unlikely to hit Earth in 2024, NASA says

NASA has quelled concerns that a lost 54-million-ton asteroid could potentially hit Earth this year, devastating large regions of the…

12 months ago

Wild Weather Ahead: How to Prep for 2024’s Climate Shifts

We lived through the hottest year since records began more than a century ago, but looking back at 2023, it…

12 months ago

Wild animal stories were some of 2023’s most memorable: Here are some of the best

From monkeys terrorizing tourists to China’s "panda politics," wild animals found their way into the news and captured our imagination…

1 year ago

What a Fusion Energy Breakthrough Means for Green Power

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who achieved a major fusion milestone a year ago have repeated it three times more. Each…

1 year ago