A new buying guide spotlights four freestanding bioclimatic pergolas, or garden islands, designed to regulate sun exposure and keep outdoor spaces comfortable as temperatures rise.
A University of Manchester team presented a study at the National Astronomy Meeting proposing that SETI searches expand beyond traditional radio frequencies. The first SETI analysis using a…
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses his move to Quantum Space and a strategic shift toward satellite proliferation in low Earth orbit.
A 520-million-year-old fossil from China has revealed the earliest known cephalopod siphuncle, pushing back the fossil record of this key evolutionary structure to the Early Cambrian.
NASA's administrator has rejected an estimate that converting a Mars rover engineering model into a lunar rover would cost more than $1 billion.
A commercial spacecraft sent to service NASA's Swift observatory has started tumbling in orbit, and engineers are racing to stabilize it before the rescue plan is in jeopardy. The mission t…
The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory faces closure after UK government funding ends in March 2028, part of Science and Technology Facilities Council cuts projected to save £160 …
Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole tearing apart a star in the outer region of a galaxy about 750 million light-years from Earth. The event, cataloged as TDE 2025abcr, prov…
A microgravity experiment on the International Space Station found that bacteriophages returned to Earth up to a hundred times more effective against drug-resistant bacteria.
IBM scientists say their quantum processor has reached quantum advantage and are inviting independent researchers to refute the result, setting up a public test of a major computing milesto…
Researchers found odor-detecting receptors on moth wings, indicating the insects may sense chemical cues in the air while flying.
A new World Weather Attribution analysis finds that global heating made the hot, dry and windy conditions fueling wildfires in Spain at least 20 times more likely and twice as likely in Fra…
LiDAR surveys have exposed hundreds of large earthworks beneath the Amazon rainforest, offering a glimpse of a mysterious civilization that transformed the region thousands of years ago.
The San Diego Padres, riding a five-game winning streak, meet the San Francisco Giants as left-hander Robbie Ray appears set to make his final start before the MLB trade deadline.
Researchers have demonstrated a system that uses high-powered lasers to wirelessly charge drones while they are airborne, potentially extending flight times indefinitely.
A German study of 900 adults published in PLOS One found that spending excessive time on gaming, pornography, social media, or online shopping is associated with higher stress, worse mood, …
The latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds takes a darker turn, with a review likening its tone to the sci-fi horror film Event Horizon rather than traditional Star Trek.
A NASA robotic spacecraft designed to capture and reboost the aging Swift space telescope has suffered technical failures, becoming uncontrollable shortly after launch.
Researchers have identified a new primate species in the dense forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo using acoustic calls, a partial photograph, and DNA analysis. The species may …
The 46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly begins August 1, 2026, in Florence, Italy, bringing together over 3,000 scientists from 80 nations for nine days of space research discussions, including…
Scientists are using gravitational wave ringdowns from black hole mergers to test Einstein's theory of general relativity and probe the fundamental nature of spacetime.
A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics has discovered the most distant ultra-fast outflow ever observed, originating from a quasar nearly 12 billion light-years away.…
For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the faint companion star orbiting the red supergiant Betelgeuse, ending a century of speculation.
Sophia Space and the California Institute of Technology have been awarded a U.S. patent for large, modular space-based data centers, marking a step toward in-orbit data processing infrastru…