Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches a “Record-Smashing Low”The sea ice extent is nearly a million square miles below the long-term average for late June.
What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in GazaNutrition experts say the progression from hunger to severe malnutrition can be rapid, especially..
Looming Starvation in Gaza Shows Resurgence of Civilian Sieges in WarfareA U.N.-affiliated panel said the territory could tip into famine very soon. International laws to..
Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives GloballyThe crisis, worsened partly by climate change, has been accompanied by soaring food prices and..
Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surfaceThe surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of..
With Temperature and Other Climate Extremes Shattering Records, Should We Call it 'Global Boiling'? ..The U.N. Secretary-General says the era of 'global boiling' has arrived. Is that over the top, or..
SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at pad for Ax-3 astronaut launch (photos)The SpaceX Dragon capsule that will fly the private Ax-3 astronaut mission to the International..
This Distant Planet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like TailThe stream of helium trailing WASP-69b, a “Hot Jupiter,” allows astronomers to study how planets..
Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record NumbersOn December 15 alone, nearly 750,000 people signed up for a plan on HealthCare.gov, the largest..
Japan's ispace shows off a tiny moon lander for its 2nd moon mission in 2024The Resilience lander for ispace's 2nd moon mission is under construction, as it aims to send a..
'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 8 review: Mars prepares for the heist of the millenniumDev gets Oceans Eleven-shaped delusions of grandeur, while an old friend of Margo returns to..
SpaceX test fires giant Starship booster — and spaceship — for 3rd test flight (video)SpaceX closed out 2023 with a fiery double test of its next Starship megarocket booster and..
Scientists Sound Alarm Over Growing Amount of Junk in SpacePollution on Earth is one thing. But how do we avoid a “tragedy of the commons” in space?
Nuclear-powered Dragonfly mission to Saturn moon Titan delayed until 2028, NASA saysThe Dragonfly team has successfully overcome a number of technical and programmatic challenges in..
3 Things You'll Want To Know About Robert OppenheimerWith the new movie Oppenheimer set to open July 21, it’s a great time to learn more about the man..
FAA wraps up safety review of SpaceX's huge Starship rocketThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has completed its safety review of SpaceX's Starship — but ..
The Time of Giants: How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?Why were dinosaurs so big? Find out what led some of our favorite dinos to such great heights.
Fruit Flies Are Invading Los Angeles. The Solution? More Fruit Flies.The Mediterranean fruit fly lays eggs that hatch into maggots inside fruit. Officials plan to halt..
Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct 4th-ever all-female spacewalk on Nov. 1Two NASA astronauts will conduct the fourth all-female spacewalk of all time on Wednesday (Nov. 1), ..
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of ProgressClimate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and..
How Do Scientists Reconstruct What Dinosaurs Looked Like?Is there a recipe for recreating a dinosaur's appearance? Experts reveal how they know what..
Researchers Discover Tequila Worm SpeciesThanks to numerous bottles of mezcal, tequila worms contributed to advancements in the field of..
Brilliant Harvest Moon, the last supermoon of 2023, wows stargazers around the world (photos)The final supermoon of the year, the Harvest Moon of September, gave skywatchers the final lunar..
Astronomers Rethink The Milky Way's ShapeScientists thought our home galaxy was a four-armed spiral. Now they think it is a different shape.
Tracing Back to the Birth of Fossil FuelsOil, coal and natural gas took tens of millions of years to form underground. Humanity is now..
Tiny Worms Got Stoned for the Benefit of ScienceRoundworms have a lot to say about human neurology, including what causes the munchies.
James Webb Space Telescope snaps stunning view of supernova's expanding remains (photos)The exploded guts of a supergiant star are giving up new secrets in a case of stellar CSI.
Watch SpaceX launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit tonightSpaceX will launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Aug. 31), and you can..
Mississippi Tornado Scoured the Land so Violently it Left a Scar That's Visible From SpaceThe twister was one of 20 reported in Alabama and Mississippi on March 24.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 72 — Newspace Careers with Rick JenetOn Episode 72 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Geoffrey Notkin welcome Rick Jenet. Jenet's..
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updatesNASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See..
Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s CarsThe E.P.A.’s plan is “neither reasonable nor achievable,” the lobbying group said, using strong..
Why Are Humans So Drawn to Water?Evolution and psychology suggest that our love of water is ancient, and still influencing our..
Rare streaks of light above US are a sign that solar maximum is fast approachingThe ethereal aurora-like light show could become a more common sight over the next few years as the ..
James Webb Space Telescope spots intriguing carbon molecule in planet-forming diskThe James Webb Space Telescope spotted the carbon molecule methyl cation in a planet-forming disk..
4 Hidden Ways Animals Camouflage ThemselvesSome animals use or change their appearance as a survival mechanism. Here are the four types that..
