BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth, spanning some ...

A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...

A scandal involving allegedly enlarged ski suits ahead of this year’s Winter Olympics has highlighted the intriguing physics ...

Here are eight recommendations for novels with enough scientific rigor and romantic spark to light a Bunsen burner. Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid Ballantine Books, 2025 (Tags: ...

In the second week of February, Gallup announced it will stop tacking presidential approval ratings after 88 years. While the ...

In the second week of February, Gallup announced it will stop tacking presidential approval ratings after 88 years. While the ...

On October 19, 2025, thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris and stole at least eight pieces of 19th-century French ...

The Allende meteorite, which fell in 1969, has provided groundbreaking insights into the formation of the solar system and the origins of life.

The dark sky sanctuary not far from Auckland is a great place to learn about Māori road maps and wisdom.

There are those who like to point out that we know more about space than the ocean , stoking a feeling of existential dread ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

Hypothetical dark matter stars known as "boson stars" could leave telltale ripples across the cosmos, offering researchers a new way to probe the invisible forces shaping the universe. In 2019, a ...