Category: Science

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) could shine brightly in the evenings after April 4, but only if it survives a very close encounter with the sun.

Scientists have developed a novel approach to error correction that resulted in the highest-ever fidelity of entangled, logical qubits on a superconducting quantum processor.

People’s minds sometimes wander to their bodily sensations, which may reduce symptoms of depression and ADHD, a new study suggests.

In Chiles v. Salazar, the court ruled that a therapist has First Amendment protections. That could impact how talk therapy is regulated.

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window on April 2, 2026, after completing the

Some 30 years ago, the mathematician Peter Shor took a niche physics project — the dream of building a computer based on the counterintuitive rules

As Artemis II begins humanity’s first return to the moon in over 50 years, the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft shared their first message

Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa — but identifying them in the fossil record is turning out to be

High-resolution X-ray offers a new look at an understudied organ: the clitoris.

A new physics paper proposes modifications to Einstein’s theory of relativity that could solve one of the biggest issues about our understanding of the Big

The Artemis II crew have left Earth and are bound for the moon. Take a look back at our live blog’s launch coverage from the

With the last major firing of its engine, the Artemis II spacecraft is now on a path that will take it around the moon and

In orbit, power is free. But everything else is expensive.

NPR’s science podcast Short Wave brings us stories on food fortification, why some people don’t seem to get the flu, and a study on how