Newly discovered iron minerals might hold primordial water from when Earth formed
Newly discovered iron minerals could be the missing link in how water is stored in the deepest parts of Earth’s mantle and transported to the
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‘It is something we must know before we go where no man has gone before’: Readers react to NASA’s Roman telescope mission
Moving toward Lagrange point L2 around a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to begin its
Battersea Shield: A 2,000-year-old Celtic shield that may have been ‘sacrificed’ in a ritual in the River Thames
The Battersea Shield was pulled out of the River Thames in 1857. (Image credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) QUICK FACTS Name:
Space Station View of Earth at Night
This nighttime view of the United States, dotted with city lights looking toward New York City (center), was taken at approximately 3:40 a.m. local time
Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture
The late Ronald Graham wore two hats. He was a renowned mathematician, at one time president of the American Mathematical Society. He was also a
‘Listen, father!’: 1,700-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt contains a poem in ancient Greek and spells to protect the dead
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 1,700-year-old limestone tomb with a rare poem inscribed on it in ancient Greek, likely from a son lamenting his
SpaceX’s Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early and explodes
Starship has made it to orbit for the first time ever. But the loss of an engine during its nail-biting ascent meant SpaceX’s mission ended
US Cold War-era spy satellite explodes above Earth — and nobody knows why
An American spy satellite deployed during the Cold War has exploded above our planet without warning — and, so far, scientists can’t explain why. The
Magnetism may have helped kick-start our solar system
Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.
Peru’s penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse.
Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their numbers will
A 72-year-old photo is revealing new clues about ‘Meretneith,’ a powerful woman who may have ruled Egypt 5,000 years ago
A new analysis of a decades-old photo is revealing new details about a powerful woman who ruled Egypt 5,000 years ago, a new study finds.
‘The right diagnosis is unbelievably powerful’: It can take years to diagnose rare diseases, and scientists are trying to fix that
Millions of Americans are diagnosed with common conditions like cancer and diabetes — but some 10% of the population live with rare diseases that doctors
13,000-year-old butchered bones of long-tusked beast found in Chile give more evidence of early first Americans
Bones from extinct elephant-like creatures discovered along the shore of Lake Tagua Tagua in central Chile bear human-made cut marks and were found alongside stone
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor
President Donald J. Trump awarded NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman with