Hard Science

The private sector may need the Outer Space Treaty to be updated before it can make any claims to celestial bodies or their resources.

Colonizing the Red Planet isn’t a bad idea in theory. But . . .

Lucy in the Sky film doesn’t deliver what it implies, but is a wacky docudrama instead.

NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller explains what astronomers actually do, and how can you become one.

One of the scientists with the Viking missions says yes.

Results support Einstein’s theory and the idea that black holes have no “hair.”

Since the 1940s, NASA has been testing experimental aircraft (aka X-planes) at California’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. In the past two decades, however, the agency […]

While the blockbuster franchise might have given us a distorted view of science’s capabilities to address species extinction, new research might come close to “resurrecting” lost species’ DNA.

The Red Planet, the God of War, and important life lessons for us all.

A new paper suggests a primordial black hole may be making things weird at the edge of our solar system.

It’s a great time to be an astrobiologist—and for all of us to be asking, “Are we alone?”

From literature to physics, the annual Nobel Prizes aim to highlight the most groundbreaking achievements in every field.

It marks the first time a plant has been grown on the moon.

Recent advances indicate that the idea could work.

Astronomers have recently discovered the most massive neutron star to date, nearly at the theoretical limit for such stars. But it’s only about the size of a small city.

Our ability to make predictions about the future distinguishes our level of consciousness.

The TESS satellite captures rare images of a cataclysmic event in a faraway galaxy.

The building material seems so ubiquitous — what can we use in its place?

Outside Europe, much of the world followed an assortment of rules and understandings about what time meant.

A lifelong fan on why she’s drawn to the magnificent gas giant.

For Black Hole Week, NASA released a mesmerizing animation of what a black hole probably looks like.

Before the next big, dangerous, incoming rock arrives.

Our first “Ask a Scientist” feature is all about the ever-growing universe.

Scientists find that bursts of gamma rays may exceed the speed of light and cause time-reversibility.

Determining whether human nature is short-sighted when it comes to survival-necessary situations

It just might be a possibility.

Japanese physicists devise technology to discover axion dark matter.

A NASA robot on Mars sends back unusual findings, including timed magnetic pulses.

An unexpectedly revealing find in Mongolia solves a longstanding riddle.

Objects coming into our solar system have an origins story to tell.