Even a Little Alcohol Can Harm Your Health (Published 2023)

Recent research makes it clear that any amount of drinking can be detrimental. Here’s why you may want to cut down on your consumption beyond Dry January.

Inside the Star Factory

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the world's largest orbiting astronomy observatory, is now nearly a million miles from Earth, probing the first stars and ...

Uranus' weird tilt may be the work of a long-lost moon

Uranus' weird tilt may be the work of a long-lost moon

'Pale blue dot' planets like Earth may make up only 1% of potentially habitable worlds

We may need to look for "pale yellow dots" instead.

Missing element for life may be present in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus

The chances of life on Enceladus have just risen thanks to a new understanding of the chemistry of the moon's ocean.

Space Force Has an Official Theme Song and It's an Earworm

Space Force declares itself to be "the mighty watchful eye" with its toe-tapping new tune.

NASA just redirected an asteroid by smashing a spacecraft into it

The test will help scientists learn how to stop catastrophic asteroid impacts.

Opinion | Humans Have a Long History of Making ‘Very Bad Decisions’ to Save Animals (Published 2022)

As scientists push the frontiers of conservation technology, some of their initiatives raise ethical questions.

Opinion | Humans Have a Long History of Making ‘Very Bad Decisions’ to Save Animals (Published 2022)

As scientists push the frontiers of conservation technology, some of their initiatives raise ethical questions.

A change in Jupiter's orbit could make Earth even friendlier to life

The surface of our planet could be even more hospitable to life if the gas giant shifted its orbit.

Give climate change the ozone hole treatment | GUEST COMMENTARY

This past Friday marked the 35th anniversary of a remarkable event that brought together every nation on Earth in a heroic effort to halt the depletion of the ozone layer, the protective yet thin...

4 hostile alien civilizations may lurk in the Milky Way, a new study suggests

But Earth is 100 times more likely to be destroyed by an asteroid than invaded by aliens.

Boeing’s Starliner Reaches Space Station Some 2 Years After Planned Visit (Published 2022)

If it returns to Earth successfully next week, the space taxi built for NASA could carry astronauts to orbit later this year.

Plants grow in lunar soil brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts

The plant is edible. But not especially tasty.

Sunshield Successfully Deploys on NASA’s Next Flagship Telescope - NASA

The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations.