Forget little green men: These scientists say we should be more worried about little green germs.
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The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
Introducing the Deep Space Food Challenge.
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity’s best tool for figuring out how things work.
You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.
One day, we could fly across the U.S. in half an hour. A state-of-the-art hypersonic flight testing facility at UTSA could help make that dream a reality.
Neptune holds records in our Solar System, but the Universe gets even faster. Here on Earth, extreme weather events can cause dramatic wind speed spikes. When hurricanes are at their most […]
Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?
Boston Dynamics’ notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
From up close, the cracking sound of a thunderclap dominates. From far away, it’s more like a drawn-out rumble. Can science explain why?
Ingenuity is remarkable. But these 5 exploration ideas are revolutionary. Telescopes are our initial tools for revealing and studying foreign worlds. Hubble images of Mars, particularly around the regions with […]
Researchers detect a large lake and several ponds deep under the ice of the Martian South Pole.
The Human Genome Project put together 92% of our DNA blueprint. Here’s what it took to complete the rest.
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
Aliens symbolize the best and worst of humanity. When we dream of aliens, we are pondering our future selves.
If you think life on Earth is hard, wait until you see Mars. If you think life on Earth is hard, try living on Mars. Mars, as photographed from the surface […]
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
The organisms were anchored to a boulder 900 meters beneath the ice, living a cold, dark existence miles away from the open ocean.
The future of cities on the Moon, Mars and orbital habitats.
The mediocrity principle is often used to make claims about the abundance of life across the universe, but these claims are likely unfounded.
Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.
It’s the best-known transcendental number of all-time, and March 14 (3/14 in many countries) is the perfect time to celebrate Pi (π) Day!
There could have been life on Mars in the past, but that’s only the beginning of the story. For as long as humanity has been watching the skies, we’ve been fascinated […]
With the huge growth in satellites, fears of a crowded sky are coming true.
A 71% wet Mars would have two major land masses and one giant ‘Medimartian Sea.’
Turns out chitin is quite useful when you need a wrench.
The Copernican principle states that Earth is an ordinary planet, but that does not mean that life is ordinary in the universe.
Can space ever be safe? What about the metaverse?
NASA has finally chosen which flagship mission, like Hubble and JWST, will launch in ~2040. Detecting alien life is now a reachable goal.
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.