Science

The universe is big, and thanks to innovation and technology, we have seen some of it across incredible distances, all the way to some of the most distant galaxies and the first light that ever shone, the cosmic microwave background. It is undeniable that telescopes have been fundamental to understanding space, but it doesn’t mean that our naked eyes are …

NEW YORK CITY — Sky-gazers may get a good chance to see fireballs streak across the night sky this week. Two meteor showers — the Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids — will reach their peak, and another is ramping up. The Alpha Capricornids meteor shower, which is best known for producing very bright meteors called fireballs that may look …

Amid growing buzz on social media about a “global blackout” tied to a total solar eclipse on August 2, 2025, astronomers have clarified that the much-anticipated celestial event will in fact occur on August 2, 2027, when the Moon will briefly plunge parts of Earth into darkness during what experts call the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century. …

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Credit, Richard M. Wicker – Denver Museum of Nature and Science For the staff at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, examining this newly found vertebrae from a 67-million-year old plant-eating dinosaur was just another day in the office. The surprise came in the form of its discovery—from right under the museum itself, which seems appropriate. Months ago, the …

NASA astronaut and microbiologist Kate Rubins retired Monday after 16 years with the agency. During her time with NASA, Rubins completed two long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station, logging 300 days in space and conducting four spacewalks. “I want to extend my sincere gratitude to Kate for her dedication to the advancement of human spaceflight,” said Steve Koerner, acting director …

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists performing what they described as an “idealized” version of the infamous double-slit experiment, showing light exists as both a particle and a wave, a core component of quantum physics, have confirmed the original test’s results and proven that a related proposal about light’s dual nature from famed scientist Albert Einstein was wrong. The MIT …

In 2021, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab successfully launched the first powered flight on another planet with the Ingenuity drone helicopter, co-developed with AeroVironment, Inc. Now, the two are proposing to do it again, with one big change: They want to launch not one, but six new helicopters, and what’s more, they want to launch …