The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the uncontrolled reentry of part of a Falcon 9 rocket that delivered passengers to the International Space Station in a capsule that will return stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth next year. | Continue reading
Save $60 and get the Celestron TrailSeeker 8x42 binoculars for $239.95 at Amazon — but you'll have to be quick as we've seen the deal expire briefly this week already. | Continue reading
This 2015 photo from the International Space Station showcases the deep tidal channels that cut through a line of cays in the Bahamas. Astronauts say it is "one of the most recognizable points on the planet." | Continue reading
Save $400 on one of the best telescopes — Celestron Advanced VX 8-inch EdgeHD is now 14% off at Adorama in this price drop before Amazon Prime Day. | Continue reading
A study of avalanche survival data shows that survival rates have increased and rescues are faster, but time is still critical for buried victims. | Continue reading
The Oct. 2 partial solar eclipse, known as an annular or "ring of fire" eclipse, is about to begin over Easter Island and South America. Watch it for free right here. | Continue reading
Astrophysicists estimate that any exponentially growing technological civilization has only 1,000 years until its planet will be too hot to support life. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on an ancient supernova, revealing fresh evidence that a crisis in cosmology called the Hubble tension isn't going anywhere soon. | Continue reading
The sun just unleashed one of its largest solar explosions in recent years, temporarily causing a radio blackout on Earth and spitting out a coronal mass ejection that will likely collide with our planet this weekend. | Continue reading
Unlike past flu shots, flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season don't contain the "Yamagata lineage" of influenza viruses because evidence suggests that type of flu no longer exists. | Continue reading
Very little is known about the origins of stuttering, but there are several possible explanations. | Continue reading
The Garmin Epix 2 watch is now 44% off at Garmin and Amazon. | Continue reading
Filmmakers captured a mother eastern lowland gorilla nursing her infant for the PBS show "Silverback." | Continue reading
We've rounded up the best camera deals from Sony, Nikon, Canon and more — save $$$'s on your next mirrorless or DSLR camera. | Continue reading
We've rounded up the best binocular deals on the market to help you save money — with options for all budgets and experience levels. | Continue reading
Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far. | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848. | Continue reading
Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later. | Continue reading
Researchers found the carcass in August 2020 in Russia's Sakha Republic, and the discovery has revealed a never-before-seen characteristic of woolly rhinos: a fatty hump on the animal's back. | Continue reading
How does the Sega Toys Homestar Matataki compare with the fan-favorite Homestar Flux? We put it to the test. | Continue reading
Yoshua Bengio played a crucial role in the development of the machine-learning systems we see today. Now, he says that they could pose an existential risk to humanity. | Continue reading
Looking for the best telescope deals? We've rounded up the best deals on the market — don't miss the chance to save $$$'s off your next telescope. | Continue reading
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers. | Continue reading
Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn't preserve skeletons well. | Continue reading
Mount Everest may be "taller than it should be" because of a river "capture" event 89,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems. | Continue reading
At the core of a quantum computer is the quantum processor, but these technologies are vastly different from the CPUs found in conventional computers. | Continue reading
The Scythians were a nomadic group known for creating elaborate gilded artworks. | Continue reading
Earth is round, but are there any planets in the universe that aren't? | Continue reading
The speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected. | Continue reading
Here’s how your brain visualizes scenarios that you’re not actually looking at with your eyes. | Continue reading
The ancient city was besieged and destroyed in 125 B.C., probably in a dispute over the rights of Roman citizenship. | Continue reading
Leafy green vegetables can affect the way certain anticoagulant (blood thinning) medications work. But why? | Continue reading
Can people change their personality? Yes, by "making intentional tweaks to their thinking and behavior," research finds. | Continue reading
The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever created. | Continue reading
How many offspring an animal can have depends on many factors, such as whether they're aquatic and how they get around. | Continue reading
We put the Benro Mach3 to the test to see how it stands up to the competition. | Continue reading
Can "the lightest smart ring in the world" impress us with its features and performance? | Continue reading
Siphonophores are unusual animals made up of individual organisms called "zooids," which each have a distinct function — despite being genetically identical. | Continue reading
From "MooLoos" to painting mountains, these silly scientific suggestions could actually help with climate change. | Continue reading
We all hold in farts from time to time, but where does the gas go? | Continue reading
Sept. 28, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
Star explosions called novas are happening twice as often near a gargantuan black hole jet as they are in the rest of the galaxy, and astronomers aren't sure why. | Continue reading
A new study reveals that Generation 2 Starlink satellites are leaking up to 30 times more radio waves than their predecessors. If SpaceX continues to deploy the newer versions as planned, we could reach an "inflection point" where astronomers can no longer properly study the cosm … | Continue reading
Researchers recently surveyed the bottom of Lake Michigan after spotting strange circles on the lakebed in 2022. New observations show the circles are craters, but how they formed remains unclear. | Continue reading
Each week, we showcase a different astonishing artifact that gives us new insight into how our ancestors lived. | Continue reading
Every year, record-seeking surfers and spectators descend on the small Portuguese town of Nazaré for the "big wave" season, when water can surge up to 100 feet (30 meters) tall. | Continue reading
The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie "Gladiator II"? | Continue reading