LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory
A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight
Category: Science
Hubble telescope takes one of the most detailed looks at neighboring Andromeda galaxy ever — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: Andromeda galaxy (M31) Where it is: 2.5 million light-years away, in the constellation Andromeda When it was shared: July 27
‘We’re a bit late on the case, but we are on the case’: Author Fred Pearce on the rise of renewables, a defused population bomb, and letting nature find its own way
Climate change’s impacts are being felt everywhere, from health and food security to extreme weather , sea level rise and collapsing ecosystems. World leaders have
‘The apparent chaos of the Anthropocene is turbocharging evolution itself’: Plants are finding ways to survive and thrive in the climate crisis — if we let them
Biodiversity loss has been recognized as a threat to global stability for decades. The decline in overall diversity of species on our planet, either through
Did Celtic women fight in battle?
A modern-day re-creation of how a woman in Britain may have fought around the first century A.D. (Image credit: Alamy) The ancient Celts thrived in
Good Morning, Earth!
A bright orange sunburst illuminates Earth’s atmosphere during an orbital sunrise in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above
Could we prevent dementia? A new trial may point the way.
LONDON — In the packed halls of the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in mid-July, over 10,000 experts in brain research discussed strategies to beat
Total eclipse, shooting stars, and the Milky Way: Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years
Skywatchers across North America and Europe should mark Wednesday, Aug. 12 on their calendars. From a daytime solar eclipse to the peak of the Perseid
Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth’s coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization
Happy Shark Week , science fans! To mark the occasion, we had a flurry of fishy features this week, including a first look at the
Why do cats have ‘leg whiskers’?
Cats are known for the whiskers on their faces. However, if you look closely, you can see that they also have whiskers on their legs.
A fire’s rumble reveals where it’s burning
Researchers tracked a prescribed grassland fire using infrasound, sound waves pitched too low for people to hear.
America’s gun violence epidemic, through the eyes of a Chicago trauma surgeon
Gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic, according to Dr. Selwyn Rogers Jr. , the founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center.
Science word of the day: Allele
Science word of the day: Allele Pronunciation: Ah-LEEL’ What it means: Genes contain the instructions for the various proteins that determine traits, such as eye
A strange string of a dozen galaxies keeps surprising astronomers with its missing dark matter
In a string of a dozen small galaxies hung in the sky like a row of cosmic fairy lights, astronomers have discovered a small, ghostly