Science

Science • Jul 24

This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about

A spacecraft fitted with two flexible robotic arms is on the way to geosynchronous orbit after launching earlier this week on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket,...

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Science • Jul 24

New wearable ring tracks glucose, ketone and other biomarkers in sweat simultaneously

Engineers at the University of California San Diego created a smart ring that simultaneously and continuously monitors up to four different chemical...

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Science • Jul 24

Oxygen collisions at the LHC show new indications of extreme state of matter

All four main LHC experiments have found new signs that oxygen and neon collisions may create the extreme state of matter that existed during the first...

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Science • Jul 24

What time is the meteor shower tonight? When and where to watch this weekend

The night sky is putting on a show this weekend, and you won't have to wait until August's famous Perseids peak to enjoy it. Three meteor showers are active...

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Science • Jul 24

Titan may have volcanoes, but they would erupt something stranger than fire: a cold slush of water and ammonia welling up from below and freezing at the surface — 'cryovolcanism' that scientists suspect but have yet to confirm

Beneath Titan's frozen crust may lurk volcanoes that erupt not fire but icy slush, a phenomenon scientists have long suspected but never definitively...

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Science • Jul 24

Physicists turn to the universe's 'piano notes' to detect hidden particles

It's been said that a finely tuned ear knows the size and shape of a piano by merely listening to the instrument's notes. An international team of...

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Science • Jul 24

The easiest way to learn the summer night sky starts with these 3 stars

Three bright stars can unlock the summer night sky. Here's how to use the Summer Triangle to find celestial treasures overhead.

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Science • Jul 24

T. Rex Babies Were No Bigger Than House Cats—But Already Deadly

Rare fossils of young T. Rex are finally filling in a huge gap in the dinosaur's life cycle.

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Science • Jul 24

Astronomers catch massive galaxy assembling piece by piece 1.2 billion years after Big Bang

Astronomers have discovered a remarkably tiny group of six young galaxies just 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. This may be a rare glimpse of how some...

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Science • Jul 24

For centuries people have watched glowing orbs drift through storms

For centuries, people have reported glowing balls of light during thunderstorms — spheres from pea-sized to several meters across that drift through the air...

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Science • Jul 24

Scientists searching for a devastating crop-killing pest discovered an 'alien' nightmare instead…

Scientists found a new species of wasp in China – but it does something weird...

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Science • Jul 24

Study suggests Europa’s icy shell may block ocean water from reaching the surface

New computational modelling indicates that liquid water from Europa's global subsurface ocean is far less likely to reach the moon's upper ice layer.

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Science • Jul 24

Will the next Vandenberg rocket launch be seen in Arizona? What to know

Just days after California reach its 50th rocket launch milestone for 2026, SpaceX is eyeing its next mission. Here's what to know if you're in Arizona.

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Science • Jul 24

July’s double meteor shower could produce brilliant fireballs. Here's how to see them.

The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids will overlap on July 30 and 31—but a bright moon could make their meteors difficult to spot.

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Science • Jul 24

Researchers explore one of Africa’s deepest lakes – and found an unexpected creature lurking in its depths

Insects can be found in almost every environment on Earth. They live on every continent, at high elevations, in the freezing cold and at extremely hot...

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Science • Jul 24

The First 'Exomoon' Ever Discovered Could Introduce a New Type of Celestial Body

The newest data from distant solar systems reveals a moon that's not quite a moon, after all.

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Science • Jul 24

12-foot great white shark ‘Ernst’ tracked near Montauk — and Atlantic’s largest ever could be right behind her

Ernst, a 12-foot-long, 1000-pound great white shark, was tracked off Long Island's East End in late June — and the largest great white ever discovered in...

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Science • Jul 24

Io’s Hidden Heat Revealed for the First Time

Io—Jupiter's third-largest moon—is constantly kneaded and deformed by the gravitational pull of Jupiter and two of its other moons, Europa and Ganymede.

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Science • Jul 24

Nearby 'super-Earth' may be habitable, researchers find

A nearby planet may be more Earth-like than previously thought, with new data suggesting that it may be a strong candidate for habitability.

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Science • Jul 24

A Force From The Milky Way May Have Shaped The Continents on Earth

In the beginning, there was moosh. At the dawn of the Solar System, young Earth was little more than a squishy ball of half-molten rock.

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