NASA's newly launched Roman Space Telescope will 'directly' image exoplanets. But what does that mean?
"When you look up at the night sky, most of those stars have planets."
Record-breaking rain in California was caused by abnormally high temperatures on the other side of the world, study finds
Scientists have identified a "climate teleconnection" between the Rocky Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, where warm sp...
World's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to Indonesia
Hunter-gatherers from the last ice age sucked on betel nuts to soothe their toothaches, a new study reveals.
Toxic PFAS Cleanups at Military Sites Face Decades of Delay
The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bi...
See the highest-resolution footage of a black hole jet ever taken, thanks to AI and 27 years of observations
Researchers combined 100-plus images of a single black hole into an AI-powered video to chart the activity of a mighty b...
A New Drug Lifts the Fog of Sleepiness for Those With Narcolepsy
The first-of-its-kind drug offers a reprieve for people who live with the debilitating sleep disorder.
We're about to exceed 1.5-degree global warming limit, according to the UN
"We can – and must – get on the right path."
Do you think Al could ever become self-aware?
A new study looks at "consciousness steering" in AI, but could this technology actually achieve this level of self-aware...
US military practices orbital dogfighting in 1st-ever 'live fly' exercise in space
United States Space Command just held its first-ever "Apollo Maneuvers" exercise, which saw spacecraft maneuvering in or...
Enigmatic Denisovans lived by cave in what is now China for 100,000 years, rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal
Anthropologists have discovered the first-ever Denisovan arm bone in a cave in southwest China, which also held thousand...
The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggest
Novel simulations, which reassessed the ancient collision between Earth and the protoplanet Theia, suggest that the moon...
On this day in space! Sept. 9, 1982: The 1st private rocket, called Conestoga 1, launches from a Texas cattle ranch
On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket, Conestoga 1, launched into space from a Texas cattle ranch. Here's why it ma...