Science

Science • Jul 01

The universe is less uniform than we thought—cosmology may need a radical rethink

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: If we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within...

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Science • Jul 01

The Rubin telescope just began the largest cosmic time-lapse in history

The biggest and best movie of the universe began production this week—at the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, rather than in Hollywood.

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Science • Jul 01

The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. 'For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic'

If the number of satellites in Earth's orbit exceeds 100000, humanity may lose its ability to study the universe from the planet's surface.

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Science • Jul 01

Ford’s CEO Doesn’t Want You Fixing Your New Bronco. He Says It’s About Safety

Are independent mechanics about to get locked out of wrenching on new vehicles? Should you be allowed and able to choose who fixes the car that you own?

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Science • Jul 01

Scientists Just Found Something Very Disturbing About the AMOC Current Deep Below the Ocean: Evidence That Its Weakening Isn't Just a Fluke, and If It Collapses, the World Could Be Plunged Into Climate Catastrophe

Chilling news: a mysterious patch of cold water at the bottom of the north Atlantic is caused by the weakening of a vital ocean current that,...

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Science • Jul 01

XMM-Newton and Chandra help revise distance to Milky Way's outer spiral arms

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the...

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Science • Jul 01

NASA Seeks Volunteers for Yearlong Simulated Mission to Moon, Mars

NASA is recruiting participants for the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission, set to begin no earlier than August 2027 at the agency's Johnson Space.

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Science • Jul 01

NASA inspector general suggests Boeing’s Starliner will now be a decade late

Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.

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Science • Jul 01

NASA unsure Boeing Starliner will ever be certified for human flight

Inspector General's report says time is running out for the Calamity Capsule.

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Science • Jul 01

Where To Watch Europe's 2026 Solar Eclipse Without Joining The Crowds

Europe's first solar eclipse in 27 years is expected on Wednesday, August 12, and travelers are eager to book the best viewing spots.

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Science • Jul 01

Claude’s Solution to Decades-Long Math Mystery Is ‘Essentially Correct,’ Physicists Say

For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended up being too simple.

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Science • Jul 01

Astronomers Say This Nearby 'Super Earth' Could Be More Habitable Than Expected

The planet was first reported in 2024, but new radial-velocity observations have revised its properties.

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Science • Jul 01

Webb studies how a planet survived the death of its star

An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to watch the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WD 1856 b transit its host...

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Science • Jul 01

Scientists Just Found a Planet That Got a Second Life After Its Star Died

Of all the strange worlds in our Milky Way galaxy, some of the most mysterious are those hanging around white dwarf stars.

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Science • Jul 01

The modern potato traces back to an ancient chance encounter between a wild tomato and a small tuberless plant approximately nine million years ago in South America, in a hybrid event that produced the first underground storage organ neither parent could

The potato is the third most important staple crop on Earth. Together with wheat, rice, and maize, it provides approximately 80 per cent of all the calories...

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Science • Jul 01

How a giant planet survived its star's death, then migrated inward

When astronomers discovered a giant planet orbiting a dead star in 2020, they wondered how it survived its star's violent demise.

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Science • Jul 01

Urokodia! 518-million-year-old fossil shows beginning of spider's bite

The earliest evidence of spiders' fangs has been identified in a 518-million-year-old fossil by scientists at the University of Leicester and Yunnan...

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Science • Jul 01

The sun’s violent death could look like this

The sun still has a long life ahead of it, say five billion years or so. But our star is still on borrowed time. When its inevitable end arrives, the sun's...

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Science • Jul 01

NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our own, as the agency continues to reveal the secrets...

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Science • Jul 01

This space telescope is falling. A robotic spacecraft may save it

A robotic tugboat has launched to pull a decades-old space telescope to safety. A private spacecraft called LINK is on its way to rescue NASA's Swift space...

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