5/1/23This Piping-Hot Rocky World Looks Surprisingly WetWebb Telescope observations reveal water vapor near a distant exoplanet—but could the signal actually be coming from…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 1, 2023
4/28/23Rover Spots Possible Evidence of Liquid Water on Modern MarsHydrated dunes suggest water can persist on some parts of the Martian surface, according to data from China's…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 28, 2023
4/27/23Researchers Just Used Knots of Worms to Understand the Science of TanglesThe animals’ wriggles could have implications for bioengineering and robotics.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 27, 2023
4/27/23Scientists Sequence Genome of Famous Good Boy Balto the Sled DogThe Siberian husky Balto saved a town from a diphtheria outbreak. Now he's helping reveal the genetics of working…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 27, 2023
4/26/23New Image of M87 Black Hole Shows a ‘Fluffier’ Ring and Its High-Speed JetA higher-resolution view is helping scientists understand the physics behind the strangest objects in the universe.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 26, 2023
4/26/23Galactic Collisions Could Be the Source of QuasarsThe origins of these powerful objects have been a mystery since their discovery in the 1950s.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 26, 2023
4/25/23A Black Hole Star Could Be the Trippiest Object in SpaceThe theorized object warps spacetime like a black hole but still releases light.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 25, 2023
4/24/23Martian Core Revealed by Deep-Traveling Seismic Waves From Planet’s Far SideA meteorite impact and a marsquake shed light on the Red Planet’s deepest recesses.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 24, 2023
4/22/23Physicists Create the Fattest Schrödinger's Cat EverA recent experiment tested the mass-based boundaries between the quantum and classical realms.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 22, 2023
4/20/23You Won’t Believe How Elephant Seals Sleep UnderwaterThe massive marine mammals go into a cruise-control corkscrew during their submarine slumbers.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 20, 2023
4/20/23Astrophysicists Spot Einstein Rings That Boost Case for Axionic Dark MatterSignatures of gravitational lensing in images of distant galaxies suggest the presence of wave-like dark matter.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 20, 2023
4/20/23Researchers Blasted Ancient Egyptian Lizard Coffins With NeutronsAn unusual technique allowed scientists to see what's hidden inside these 2,500-year-old animal coffins.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 20, 2023
4/19/23Archaeologists Unearth a Fanciful Ancient Winery Near RomeThe winery’s layout and finishes suggest the wine-making was merely a spectacle for ancient Roman elites.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 19, 2023
4/18/236 Mammal Body Parts That Look Like They Were Stolen From Other AnimalsIn the churn of natural selection, some mammals ended up with appendages that look like they should be found on a…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 18, 2023
4/18/23Prehistoric Planet Season 2 Trailer Shows Off Fresh CGI DinosaursThe second season of Apple TV+’s science-based dino show premieres on May 22.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 18, 2023
4/17/23NASA’s Enigmatic Green Lasers Spotted by Japanese AstronomerThe three flashes of green light came from the space agency’s ICESat-2 satellite.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 17, 2023
4/14/23NASA Apparently Needs a Second Babysitter for the Ambitious Mars Sample ReturnThe space agency seeks to ensure the highly complex mission isn’t the latest to suffer delays, cancellations, or…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 14, 2023
4/14/23Software Tweak Gives Curiosity Rover a Boost on MarsThe rover’s mission has picked up pace 12 years on, thanks to NASA's monumental update.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 14, 2023
4/13/23Upgraded View of 'Fuzzy' Supermassive Black Hole Is a Shade More MenacingMachine learning has boosted the resolution of an image produced by Event Horizon Telescope data captured six years…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 13, 2023
4/12/23New Map of Dark Matter Validates Einstein's Theory of GravityResearchers can "clearly see features of this invisible world that are hundreds of millions of light-years across."ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 12, 2023