space
Boston Dynamics’ notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
The expansion of the universe is speeding up—contrary to what many physicists expected. A “heat death” is coming, but it’s not what you think.
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The search for alien life is far too human-centric. Our flawed understanding of what life really is may be holding us back from important discoveries about the universe and ourselves.
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Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.
Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.
An important step toward figuring out our space station future.
New mathematics have shown that lines of energy can be used to describe the universe.
Is the quest to upload human consciousness and ditch our meat puppets the future—or is it fool’s gold?
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Scientists find an exoplanet whose strange behavior may lead to the Solar’s System hidden ninth planet.
Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.
The rush to clean up outer space has begun.
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.
See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.
A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated.
A strange object found in the desert has prompted worldwide speculation.
Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.
A team of astrophysicists used AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.
An ancient Martian meteorite carries with it some compelling implications.
Using a laboratory model, scientists get a nice Jovian surprise.
A new study from NASA and the SETI Institute comes up with an exciting number of potentially life-supporting planets.
A meteorite that smashed into a frozen lake in Michigan may explain the origins of life on Earth, finds study.
Water may be far more abundant on the lunar surface than previously thought.
Want some crazy space phenomena? You don’t have to leave the neighborhood for it.
New research explains why the Moon’s crust is magnetized by debunking one long-standing theory.
The solar system has some strange stuff in it. Learning how it ended up that way can tell us where we’re going.
Sir Roger Penrose claims our Universe has been through multiple Big Bangs, with more coming — a claim that is not widely accepted within the cosmology community.
The future of cities on the Moon, Mars and orbital habitats.
The study identified superhabitable planets outside of our solar system.
A supernova exploded near Earth about 2.5 million years ago, possibly causing an extinction event.