Researchers Ian Hawes of the University of Waikato and Marc Schallenberg of the University of Otago measure the physicochemical conditions of a meltwater pond. Credit: Roger Summons When the Earth
Researchers Ian Hawes of the University of Waikato and Marc Schallenberg of the University of Otago measure the physicochemical conditions of a meltwater pond. Credit: Roger Summons When the Earth
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May
Private spaceflight continues its upward trajectory. American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation
TOKYO — Firefly Aerospace has filed paperwork to go public, seeking to raise an unspecified amount of money as part of a trend of space companies taking traditional approaches to
Primordial black holes that formed during the earliest moments of the universe could have swollen quickly to supermassive sizes, complex cosmological simulations have revealed. The discovery could lead to a
Research that leverages space to develop treatments for blindness, cancer, and Parkinson’s disease is jeopardized by the $6.1 billion NASA budget cuts recently announced for 2026 by President Trump. The
Scientists can study protein solutions without interference from container walls and gravity driven forces present on Earth using the space station’s Ring Sheared Drop module. The device pins a drop
This buying guide highlights the best tabletop telescopes for 2025, focusing on compact, portable models that deliver stellar performance without bulky setups. Whether you’re a beginner, a parent seeking a
Left: Map of the Orion Molecular Cloud (OMC) complex obtained with the IRAM 30m telescope in CO 2–1. The data are taken from Berné et al. . We indicate the
Searching for habitable exoplanets will require decades of work, new technologies, and new ideas. A lot of that effort seems to coalescing around the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a proposed




