Webb Telescope observations reveal water vapor near a distant exoplanet—but could the signal actually be coming from…
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Isaac Schultz
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Science writer at Gizmodo, previously of Atlas Obscura. A native New Yorker. Mostly covering ancient things (on Earth and beyond) and masses extremely big or incredibly small.
Hydrated dunes suggest water can persist on some parts of the Martian surface, according to data from China's…
The animals’ wriggles could have implications for bioengineering and robotics.
The Siberian husky Balto saved a town from a diphtheria outbreak. Now he's helping reveal the genetics of working…
A higher-resolution view is helping scientists understand the physics behind the strangest objects in the universe.
The origins of these powerful objects have been a mystery since their discovery in the 1950s.
A meteorite impact and a marsquake shed light on the Red Planet’s deepest recesses.
A recent experiment tested the mass-based boundaries between the quantum and classical realms.
Signatures of gravitational lensing in images of distant galaxies suggest the presence of wave-like dark matter.
The winery’s layout and finishes suggest the wine-making was merely a spectacle for ancient Roman elites.
In the churn of natural selection, some mammals ended up with appendages that look like they should be found on a…
The space agency seeks to ensure the highly complex mission isn’t the latest to suffer delays, cancellations, or…
The rover’s mission has picked up pace 12 years on, thanks to NASA's monumental update.
Machine learning has boosted the resolution of an image produced by Event Horizon Telescope data captured six years…
Researchers can "clearly see features of this invisible world that are hundreds of millions of light-years across."