6/2/23Webb Takes Portrait of Star-Studded Barred GalaxyA barred spiral galaxy 17 million light-years from Earth is the latest target of NASA’s most perceptive observatory.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 2, 2023
6/2/23Sweeping Mosaic Map of Mars Released to Celebrate Anniversary of Orbiter LaunchNow 20 years since its launch, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has a new Martian map.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 2, 2023
6/2/23Ice Age North Americans Were Freshwater Fishers, New Evidence SuggestsNew troves of fish bones in eastern Beringia point to the early origins of freshwater fishing among some of the…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 2, 2023
6/2/23Hundreds of One-Dimensional Strands Found Lurking in Our Galaxy's CoreLight-years-long filaments perpendicular to those previously discovered are sprouting from the supermassive black…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 2, 2023
5/31/23In ‘Agonizing’ Episode, NASA Lost Contact With Ingenuity Helicopter for DaysMission controllers spent nearly a full week in the attempt to regain contact with the rotorcraft, the result of a…ByIsaac SchultzUpdatedThursday 5:28PM
5/31/23Last Gasp: A Dying NASA Telescope Spotted Three Exoplanets in Its Final DaysThree exoplanets were hidden away in 2018 Kepler Space Telescope data, until now.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 31, 2023
5/30/23Webb Telescope Spots a Plume of Unusual Size Spewing From Saturn's Moon EnceladusThe $10 billion space observatory is investigating ancient light as well as nearby moons.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 30, 2023
5/30/23Prehistoric Pathogens: Oldest Plague Cases in Britain Date to the Bronze Age4,000-year-old remains in Somerset and Cumbria carried the bacteria that causes plague.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 30, 2023
5/26/23Habitable Worlds May Lurk in the Sooty In-Betweens of Star SystemsWhat if we’ve been looking for worlds like ours in the wrong places?ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 26, 2023
5/25/23A Massive Gravitational Wave Observatory Is Returning to ActionThe LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration will restart with renewed sensitivity this week following a three-year hiatus.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 25, 2023
5/25/23Laser Experiment Could Expose Particles Responsible for Dark MatterThe latest dark matter experiment kicks off this week, as physicists aim to identify the universe's most enigmatic…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 25, 2023
5/24/23NASA Telescopes Team Up to Produce Stupendously Purple Views of SpaceStar clusters, galaxies, and gas clouds are mesmerizing when seen across many wavelengths of light.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 24, 2023
5/21/23Meet the Dinosaurs of Prehistoric Planet Season 2The Apple TV+ show explores the Cretaceous world through the lens of a nature documentary.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 21, 2023
5/19/237 'Extinct’ Species That Eventually ReappearedThese so-called Lazarus species often evade our notice.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 19, 2023
5/14/23Why a Genome Can't Bring Back an Extinct AnimalMakeshift mammoths and body-double dodos are on the way—but they won't be the genuine article.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 14, 2023
5/12/23Astronomers See Largest Explosion in Space YetA massive outburst rocked the cosmos nearly 8 billion years ago, but we're only just observing it.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 12, 2023
5/11/23NASA's Perseverance Rover Spots Evidence of a Turbulent River on MarsThe river was once one of many waterways that fed into a lake in the now-dry Jezero Crater.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 11, 2023
5/11/23Hammerhead Sharks 'Hold Their Breath' When Deep DivingThe sharks close their gills to stay warm while diving to frigid depths.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 11, 2023
5/8/23‘Tall Nose’ Gene in Humans Was Inherited From NeanderthalsHumans got a gene related to nasal height from mating with Neanderthals, new research finds.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 8, 2023
5/5/23Four Moons Circling Uranus May Be Sopping WetSeveral of the largest moons orbiting the ice giant probably have an ocean layer, according to new research.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 5, 2023