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ESA reserve astronaut John McFall's story inspired a study suggesting that the space community's inclusion efforts should be used in other fields, especially medicine.

New research shows that 4,642 vertebrate species globally are at risk due to mineral extraction activities such as mining and drilling. This impact is most...

Despite the 150 million kilometers that separate it from the Earth, the sun does more than just light our way: it also impacts our electricity networks, and even our transport.

Geomagnetic storm-induced blackouts may be looming.

Lyrics for Missy Elliot’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” were transmitted from the DSN’s Goldstone complex to Venus, about 158 million miles (254 million...

Using modern techniques, researchers have re-examined Johannes Kepler's half-forgotten sunspot drawings and revealed previously-hidden information about the solar cycles before the grand solar minimum.

Astrophysicists aren’t sure how supermassive black holes get close enough to merge, a mystery called the final parsec problem – but an exotic form of dark matter may explain it

Over the years, satellites have played an important role in monitoring oceans and coral reefs all across the globe.

Montana State University scientists have discovered two new methane-producing microbial groups in Yellowstone National Park, revealing potential new approaches to climate change mitigation and insights...

Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.

Habitability depends on more than just a planet's distance from its host star. New research looks at the impact stellar magnetism has on exoplanets.

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfRA) in Bonn, Germany and elsewhere have inspected a recycled pulsar known as PSR J1227−6208. The new study, published July 18 on the preprint server arXiv, provides important insights into the nature of this pulsar.

Researchers have discovered that Rembrandt used special arsenic sulfide pigments to create a ‘golden’ paint in “The Night Watch.” Chemists at the Rijksmuseum and the...

A stunningly high number of drownings start this way.

Japanese honeybees use their wings to slap back ants trying to invade their hive

It’s possible to see celestial objects during the day, but it’s not always easy

The basic notes, rests and harmonies of Western music arose as humans heard how sounds traveled through the first large temples, built more than 2,000 years ago

NASA and Boeing will fire thrusters on the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station this weekend in what may be a final test before approving the spacecraft’s delayed return to Earth.

Researchers from MIT conducted an extensive study on Alzheimer’s disease, analyzing gene expression in various brain regions to understand why specific cells and circuits are...

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a former NASA astronaut, is on Vice President Kamala Harris' shortlist to be her running mate as she pursues becoming the next president of the United States.

A group on the islands of Penghu is restoring ancient fishing weirs, hoping to preserve the sustainable fishing practice and attract ecotourism.

Research reveals that selective expression of maternal or paternal X chromosomes varies by organ, driven by cellular competition. A new study published today (July 26)...

Very low in the west in bright twilight, have you picked up Venus yet? Binoculars help. Much tougher will be Mercury and Regulus. Their arrangement changes all week.

Scientists from King’s College London discovered that Komodo dragons’ serrated teeth are enhanced with iron, particularly concentrated along the cutting edges. This feature, staining the...

SpaceX is ready to resume launches of its Falcon 9 rocket as soon as July 27 after completing an investigation into an upper stage anomaly two weeks earlier.

SpaceX's stalwart Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared for launch after experiencing a rare failure earlier this month, officials said Thursday.

Mitchell Institute report: Now is the time for the United States to fully leverage the unique attributes of small satellites

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory intern discovered a millisecond pulsar in the Glimpse-CO1 cluster using the Very Large Array, highlighting pulsars’ role as celestial timekeepers...

A nose for trouble.

Have we finally found it?

Could it be?

Research from the University of Adelaide reveals that human-generated noise is hindering baby oysters’ ability to use natural sounds to find habitats, affecting marine conservation...

“You see here how everything is interconnected."

Astronomers have observed a unique collision between two galaxy clusters, revealing how dark matter and normal matter separate during such encounters. Using a combination of...

When we think of Jupiter-type planets, we usually picture massive cloud-covered worlds orbiting far from their stars. That distance keeps their volatile gases from vaporizing from stellar heat, similar to what we’re familiar with in our Solar System. So, why are so many exoplanets known as “hot Jupiters” orbiting very close to their stars? That’s …

This could explain a lot.

"There is simply no completely safe level of drinking."

SpaceX has fixed the problem that caused its Falcon 9 rocket to fail during a July 11 launch, according to the company, which is eyeing a July 27 return to flight.

Graduate student Alex Nguyen calculated the depth and density of the solar system’s most mysterious and remote body of water. New calculations by Alex Nguyen,...

The effect can be seen within weeks.

A clue for treating osteoporosis.

Venus is known for being really quite inhospitable with high surface temperatures and Mars is known for its rusty red horizons. Even the moons of some of the outer planets have fascinating environments with Europa and Enceladus boasting underground oceans. Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, …

A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Utah Health and Baylor College of Medicine has uncovered the crucial function of the default mode...

The Perseverance rover has found some of the most promising hints of ancient Martian life yet, but we can’t know for sure until its samples are sent back to Earth

SAN FRANCISCO – Morpheus Space is ramping up electric propulsion production in its new Dresden, Germany, factory. In the 1,260-square-meter factory, Morpheus will initially produce 100 GO-2 Field Emission Electric […]

NASA's Perseverance rover stumbled upon a Mars rock. It seems to suggest evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.

When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched it came with a fanfare expecting amazing things, much like the Hubble Space Telescope. One of JWST’s most anticipated target was TRAPPIST-1. This inconspicuous star is host to seven Earth-sized planets, with at least three in the habitable zone. The two inner planets are airless worlds but …

Mayo Clinic researchers have defined new criteria for Limbic-predominant Amnestic Neurodegenerative Syndrome (LANS), a memory-loss condition in older adults that mimics Alzheimer’s but progresses more...

The extrasolar planet census recently passed a major milestone, with 5500 confirmed candidates in 4,243 solar systems. With so many exoplanets available for study, astronomers have learned a great deal about the types of planets that exist in our galaxy and have been rethinking several preconceived notions. These include the notion of “habitability” and whether …

Update: SpaceX could resume Falcon 9 launches as soon as July 27 after getting the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile’s first five commercial direct-to-smartphone […]

Supermassive Black Holes are Nature’s confounding behemoths. It’s difficult for Earth-bound minds to comprehend their magnitude and power. Astrophysicists have spent decades studying them, and they’ve made progress. But one problem still baffles even them: the Final Parsec Problem. New research might have solved the problem, and dark matter plays a role in the solution. …

A rapidly spreading wildfire burns through part of the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies as satellites track its growth and movement.

The newly discovered planet, identified by volunteer planet hunters and confirmed by scientists at the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues, has an exceptionally long orbit....

In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen."

A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA's Perseverance rover. Nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" by the team, the arrowhead-shaped rock contains fascinating traits that may bear on the question of whether Mars was home to microscopic life in the distant past.

In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT—the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a feature never seen before.

New research reveals that tree bark microbes absorb significant amounts of methane, increasing the climate benefit of trees by about 10%. This finding underscores the...

The Euclid and XMM-Newton missions have combined to show the hidden, hot gas that fills an immense galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away.

Characterizing near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is critical if we hope to eventually stop one from hitting us. But so far, missions to do so have been expensive, which is never good for space exploration.

New analysis has revealed 21 Sun-like stars in mutual orbit around dark objects of neutron star–like masses — rare systems that have escaped destruction by supernova.

Researchers at QuTech developed somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic. This achievement may enable efficient control of large semiconductor qubit arrays. Over twenty years...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn and its colossal rings on July 4, 2020, during summer in the gas giant's northern hemisphere. Two of Saturn's icy moons are also clearly visible: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom.

The Satellite Control Network supports the launch, tracking, control, and maintenance of U.S. government satellites

In July 2024, NASA announced it canceled its plans to send the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the moon's southern polar region. The rover was meant to search for water and other resources called volatiles, such as hydrogen, ammonia and carbon dioxide, which easily evaporate in warm temperatures.

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have discovered in Antarctica’s southernmost waters that wind plays a significant role in the formation of massive rogue waves,...

In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Shannon Pallone, Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Battle Management Command, Control & Communications, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force.

Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule, officials said Thursday.

The Jupiter-like world Epsilon Indi Ab is one of the coldest—and closest—exoplanets that astronomers have ever seen

Technological doping refers to the use of equipment—from swimsuits to super shoes—that provides an unfair athletic advantage. But the boundaries of what is allowed are somewhat arbitrary

Using radar, a Nasa spacecraft, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), has confirmed the existence of caves beneath the lunar surface. Here's why such geological features will be key for establishing a base on the moon, and what they can tell us about Earth and our moon's shared cosmological origins.

Researchers have developed a method to predict the speed and arrival time of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) before they fully erupt from the Sun. This...

Today, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn't always the case. During its infancy, the universe was filled with a "fog" that made it opaque, cloaking the first stars and galaxies. NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will probe the universe's subsequent transition to the brilliant starscape we see today –– an era known as cosmic dawn.

Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some regions. In July, the planet set consecutive records for the hottest day. NASA is mapping our emissions, and while what they show us isn’t uplifting, it is visually appealing in a ghoulish way. Maybe the combination of visual appeal …

Muscle cells that spent a week on the International Space Station revealed changes in gene expression that suggest microgravity can speed up ageing

Pilot programs across the U.S., including new research funded by OpenAI, offer a glimpse of how a universal basic income could improve lives

Technicalities and hesitations softened the effect of Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement during his presidency, but a second attempt at a departure could be more serious

Starting with the direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015, scientists have relied on a bit of a kludge: they can only detect those waves that match theoretical predictions, which is rather the opposite way that science is usually done.

Research has revealed that the drying lake bed of the Great Salt Lake in Utah released 4.1 million tons of greenhouse gases in 2020. This...

A gentle rumble ran under Ngan Huang's feet as a rocket carrying her research—live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds fixed on tiny chips—lifted off, climbed, and disappeared into the sky to the International Space Station National Laboratory. These chips would help Huang better understand muscle impairment, often seen in astronauts and older adults, and test drugs to counter the condition.

A team of geoscientists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Switzerland has more precisely dated an enormous "magmatic event" that occurred on the moon several billion years ago.

Reptile teeth have long been considered simple and cheap because the animals replace them regularly. That isn't so, Komodo dragons show

The surface of Uranus' moon Ariel is coated with a significant amount of carbon dioxide ice, especially on its "trailing hemisphere" that always faces away from the moon's direction of orbital motion. This fact presents a surprise because even at the frigid reaches of the Uranian system—20 times farther from the sun than Earth—carbon dioxide readily turns to gas and is lost to space.

The office is particularly interested in responses from companies and lenders working in 31 component areas identified in the 2024 NDAA

Fractals might solve energy waste in information processing. Topological insulators, capable of transmitting electricity without loss, may function in fractional dimensions such as 1.58. This...

Researchers are still working to understand the complicated and debilitating condition dubbed long COVID

A new study indicates that daily strawberry consumption may significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, underscoring the health benefits of this popular fruit. Strawberries,...

In some of the most remote places on Earth, tags attached to seals collect data at the cutting edge of ocean science.

Dogs can smell when people are stressed, and it seems to make them feel downhearted

The busy beaver function is unpredictable. But now, after more than 40 years, the fifth value of the function has been revealed

Research from the University of Washington provides new insights into bat evolution, suggesting a transition from gliding ancestors based on limb morphology analysis of extinct...

Despite progress, the long shadow of racial violence continues to undermine economic opportunities for African Americans today

We finally have the solution.

The benefits of being polite to AI may include prompting better chatbot replies—and nurturing our humanity

Combining zirconium with silicon nitride improves the transformation of propane, a component of natural gas, into polypropylene, a highly sought-after plastic. Polypropylene is a widely...

The Aerospace Corporation in a report highlights the promise and potential pitfalls of the Space Development Agency's innovative satellite acquisition approach

Sierra Space has completed a second full-scale burst test of an inflatable module that the company is developing for the Orbital Reef commercial space station and its own efforts.

A novel quantum sensor with exceptional resolution transforms atomic-level material analysis, paving the way for advancements in quantum technologies and sciences. In a scientific breakthrough,...

Cocaine has been detected in sharks for the first time, but scientists aren’t sure of the impact

Ursa Major's expansion in Ohio builds upon its existing Advanced Manufacturing Lab, established in 2021

A space transportation startup with visions of high-speed point-to-point travel has started tests of the engine that will power their vehicle.

We take high definition streaming for granted in many parts of the world. Even now, as I type this article, I have the Martian streaming in high definition but until now astronauts on board the Space Station have had to accept low definition streaming. A team of researchers at NASA have developed and used a …

Check any container of over-the-counter medicine, and you’ll see its expiration date. Prescription medicines have similar lifetimes, and we’re told to discard old medications rather than hold on to them. Most of them lose their effectiveness over time, and some can even become toxic. We’re discouraged from disposing of them in our wastewater because they …

Astronomers using Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) have imaged Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant several times the mass of Jupiter located around 12 light-years away from Earth.

The launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021 kicked off an exciting new era for exoplanet research, especially for scientists looking at terrestrial planets orbiting stars other than our sun. But three years into the telescope's mission, some scientists have run into challenges that have slowed down progress.

By analysing lunar samples from NASA's Apollo missions, researchers calculated exactly when – and why – the moon was once covered with magma

A team at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical (laser) communications. The feat was part of a series of tests on new technology that could provide live video coverage of astronauts on the moon during the Artemis missions.

There’s a burgeoning arms race between Artificial Intelligence (AI) deepfake images and the methods used to detect them. The latest advancement on the detection side comes from astronomy. The intricate methods used to dissect and understand light in astronomical images can be brought to bear on deepfakes. The word ‘deepfakes’ is a portmanteau of ‘deep …

To find out what happens at the centre of a black hole, we may need to consider its event horizon - and think about where we're looking from, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Characterizing near-Earths asteroids (NEAs) is critical if we hope to eventually stop one from hitting us. But so far, missions to do so have been expensive, which is never good for space exploration. So a team led by Patrick Bambach of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany developed a mission concept …

One of the challenges engineers face when developing technologies for use in space is that of different gravities. Mostly, engineers only have access to test beds that reflect either Earth's normal gravity or, if they're fortunate, the microgravity of the ISS. Designing and testing systems for the reduced, but not negligible, gravity on the moon and Mars is much more difficult. But for some systems, it is essential.

The field of extrasolar planet studies has grown exponentially in the past 20 years. Thanks to missions like Kepler, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and other dedicated observatories, astronomers have confirmed 5,690 exoplanets in 4,243 star systems.

The prospect of actually resolving the event horizon of black holes feels like the stuff of science fiction, yet it is a reality. Already, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has resolved the horizon of the black holes at the center of the Milky Way and M87.

After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission has come to an end. ICON launched in October 2019 and after completing its two-year mission objectives in December 2021, it operated as an extended mission for another year.

Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters' vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal matter. The two clusters each contain thousands of galaxies and are located billions of light-years away from Earth.

A 1972 law that allows states to avoid OSHA regulations for public-sector employees is undermining the nation’s first proposed worker safeguards for heat

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an MPIA-led team of astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple system Epsilon Indi. The planet is a cold super-Jupiter exhibiting a temperature of around 0 degrees Celsius and a wide orbit comparable to that of Neptune around the sun.

Astranis has raised $200 million to fully fund its Omega program up to the launch of the first next-generation broadband spacecraft in 2026, the geostationary satellite maker announced July 24.

A novel way of making superheavy elements could soon add a new row to the periodic table, allowing scientists to explore uncharted atomic realms

The company received a $3.6 million contract for a pilot program

What is dark matter? Even for astrophysicists, it's a question that remains unanswered. These invisible particles make up most of the matter in the universe and about a quarter of the universe as a whole. They are thought to be the cosmic glue that binds the universe together, but we still don't know what kind of particle they are. Finding the answer to that question could provide us with an unprecedented understanding of the past, present and future of our known universe.

Using the TÜBİTAK National Observatory (TUG) and NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have investigated a short-period contact binary known as CC Com. As a result, they detected two additional objects in this system. The finding was reported in a paper published July 16 on the pre-print server arXiv.

Former Made In Space CEO Andrew Rush teamed up earlier this year with Michael Snyder, Made In Space co-founder and former chief engineer, and space investor Bryan Lyandvert to establish Star Catcher.

China's domestic crackdown on information could impair decision-making about its actions within the global economy and international order.

The U.S. and China are collaborating less on projects across scientific disciplines amid a culture of fear in both countries

To keep long-term moon residents safe from harmful radiation, lunar bases will need to be built several metres under the surface or inside caves or lava tubes

Cheesemaking is an ancient practice, and modern methods and chemistry have made it a science.

Human psychology is influenced by a complex network of genes and environmental factors. Studying how and when genes fail to cooperate could broaden our understanding of behavior.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of LHS 1140b hint at a temperate water world with a nitrogen-rich atmosphere.

The Olympics are a sustainability nightmare, and Paris, despite its efforts, is no exception

An athletic trainer explains why bodies need time to acclimatize to extreme heat and what risks to watch out for to avoid heat illness in student athletes

The VIPER lunar rover promised a revolution in our understanding of the moon’s precious deposits of ice. Then NASA cancelled the mission

Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what happens to the brain during a deeper engagement with meditation.

A spaceport in the Shetland Islands expects to soon be ready to host the first vertical orbital launch from U.K. soil.

A NASA committee concluded there is no way to continue operating the Chandra X-ray Observatory at the reduced funding level proposed by NASA in its 2025 budget proposal.

A bizarre fossil of a Cambrian creature that looked like an “alien fish taco” reveals how a single group with jaws came to account for around 90 percent of all animal species on Earth

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Chandra team has released a set of 25 new images of cosmic objects and phenomena.

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency awarded the company, recently acquired by Privateer, an agreement worth up to $2 million

New calculations reveal that pairs of supermassive black holes can merge into a larger black hole because of previously overlooked behavior of dark matter particles, proposing a solution to the long-standing ‘final parsec problem.’

The agreement comes as demand for solid rocket motors has surged due to conflicts such as the war in Ukraine

The European Space Agency unveiled plans July 23 to expand its presence in the United Kingdom as the country announced 2.1 million pounds ($2.7 million) of funding for programs tackling space industry skills gaps.

It's still covered up in what looks like the world's largest PEZ dispenser, but the core stage booster for NASA's Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II moon mission arrived by barge to Florida on Tuesday.

A California company says it has developed a novel way of making concrete that doesn’t contribute to global warming

It would be tricky to burn away the outer layers of Uranus, but doing so could reveal a possible stash of gems – in this episode of Dead Planets Society, the hosts reveal a relatively simpler technique to rob the ice giant

NASA's LEGS can do more than help Earthlings move about the planet. Three Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, or LEGS, will enhance the Near Space Network's communications services and support of NASA's Artemis campaign.

As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say

Scientists hope the incredibly rare beaching of a spade-toothed whale will help them learn more about this persistently elusive species

When considering human settlements on the moon, Mars and further afield, much attention is given to the travel times, food and radiation risk. We'll undoubtedly face a harsh environment in deep space and some thinkers have been pointing to genome editing as a way to ensure that humans can tolerate the severe conditions as they venture further into the solar system.

Water purification is a big business on Earth. Companies offer everything from desalination to providing just the right pH level for drinking water. But on the moon, there won't be a similar technical infrastructure to support the astronauts attempting to make a permanent base there. And there's one particular material that will make water purification even harder—moon dust.

Retired U.S. Marine Angel Smith replaces Steve Nixon as head of the small satellite industry group

Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are predicted to reach a record-tying 90 degrees Fahrenheit because of a prolonged, unusually late heat wave

The current presidential race has ensured that age will be a key and likely fraught consideration in future elections. Can science help determine how old is too old for a candidate before politics does?

The James Webb Space Telescope has for the first time detected the difference between the morning and evening of a tidally locked gas giant planet.

Almost all packaged food sold in the U.S. for the past three decades has sported a Nutrition Facts label, with major consequences for the food system

A newly discovered half-million-year-old layer of volcanic sediment beneath the Aegean Sea rewrites what scientists know about this area’s volcanic history – and potential future hazards.

Even unstimulating coffee has stimulating chemistry.

Athletes have different gut microbiomes compared with the general population. Some of these microbes are thought to improve endurance and recovery by optimizing the cell’s powerhouses.

The gas that surrounds galaxies appears to be more spread out than previously thought – and this could help solve a mystery over missing matter

Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results

China is aiming to work with 50 countries on its lunar south pole base program as efforts to attract partners continue.

ABL Space Systems says the rocket it planned to use for the company’s first launch in 18 months suffered “irrecoverable” damage in a fire after a test-firing, further delaying its return to flight.

Companies and governments alike need to step up cybersecurity practices in the wake of massive technology failures associated with a CrowdStrike update

Astronomers at the University of Hull suggest that AI-generated fakes can be spotted by analyzing human eyes in the same way that they study pictures of galaxies.

If Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, reproductive rights will likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

Having survived two recent threats — high-velocity space dust and enhanced solar activity — Gaia is now returning better data than ever.