Viruses that evolved on the space station and
Bacteria and the viruses that infect them, called phages, are locked in an evolutionary arms race. But that evolution follows
New insights into how the famed Antikythera Mechanism
For more than a century, a corroded bronze machine from ancient Greece called the Antikythera Mechanism has stood as evidence
A New Census of Dwarf Galaxies Shows More
They are known as Active Galactic Nuclei (aka. quasars), the core regions of galaxies that are so bright that they
Scientists issue warning that hidden ‘ice volcanoes’ could
While the first thing you may think of with melting glaciers is rising sea levels, there’s another hidden consequence: volcanoes.
NASA’s new moon rocket moves to the pad
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first
James Webb telescope spots ‘failed stars’ in a
Quick facts What it is: The star cluster Westerlund 2 Where it is: 20,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation
Hubble Telescope watches star blast out jet of
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed an infant star 20 times larger than the sun setting interstellar clouds
Scientists Have Figured Out How Blue The Red
Mars is absolutely dripping with evidence that the red planet was once a striking blue, complete with glistening lakes, snaking
New moon of January 2026 brings prime views
The new moon of January will be at 2:52 p.m. EST (1952 GMT) on Jan. 18, according to the U.S.
NASA launches Pandora telescope, taking JWST’s search for
On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring
