NASA is set to launch four astronauts on Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission around the moon marking humanity's farthest spaceflight in 54 years and a critical step toward lunar surface landing before China.
Researchers have developed a new technique to identify DNA inherited from previously unknown ancient human lineages, revealing that modern humans carry genetic material from extinct ancestral populations.
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a vast field of honeycomb-like polygon formations on Mars' surface, a geological feature that surprised researchers studying the Red Planet's terrain.
Researchers have identified the first known three-lobed asteroid in our solar system, which unexpectedly possesses its own small moon. The discovery was made using the Mount Graham observatory.
Um segundo estágio de foguetão Falcon 9 da SpaceX colidirá com a Lua em 5 de agosto de 2026, criando uma pequena cratera. O evento oferece oportunidade científica rara para observação em tempo real.
Physicists have discovered a link between the Riemann Hypothesis, a fundamental unsolved problem in mathematics, and phase transitions in quantum systems, potentially opening new avenues for understanding both fields.
New US research reveals the vagus nerve transmits signals from the stomach to the brain, directly influencing memory formation and spatial recall through dietary intake.
Samsung is developing ear-hook style Galaxy Buds 5 earbuds designed for workouts and running, featuring flat ear hooks and canal-fitting ear tips with expected water and dust resistance.
A first-of-its-kind CDC study finds mold-related infections are significantly more severe and deadly than previously estimated, suggesting the public health threat has been underappreciated by medical professionals.
Samsung confirma o lançamento do Galaxy S26 FE com One UI 9 e novo tablet Tab S12 para 2026, com executivos da empresa provocando antecipação do anúncio.
A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will collide with the moon at 5,400 mph next week with energy equivalent to 11.8 gigajoules, though scientists remain uncertain about the impact's effects.
While a solar eclipse on Aug. 12 will be barely visible from Worcester, the Perseid meteor shower and a near-total lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-28 will provide better viewing opportunities for local stargazers.
SpaceX successfully launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite from Florida early Thursday, generating sonic booms heard across Central Florida.
A 2024 genetic study of woolly mammoths challenges the long-held theory that inbreeding caused their extinction, suggesting instead that environmental catastrophe or disease wiped out the last population on Wrangel Island.
James Webb Space Telescope data suggests Neptune's inner moons are fragments of ancient icy worlds that collided and broke apart, explaining the system's unusual configuration.
Researchers discover that MATCAP protein undergoes phase separation on microtubules to coordinate tubulin detyrosination with CENP-E motor protein activity, ensuring proper chromosome alignment during mitosis and genomic stability.
The Moon is in Waning Gibbous phase on July 30, 2026, with 100% surface visibility. The next Full Moon will occur on August 28.
The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, discovered in 2013, is the largest known structure in the universe at 10 billion light-years long, challenging fundamental cosmological principles about matter distribution and structure formation timelines.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft and ESA's Mars Express conducted coordinated observations of Noachis Terra during Psyche's gravity-assist flyby of Mars en route to a metal-rich asteroid in 2029.
Amina Helmi receives the Kavli Prize for discovering that the Milky Way formed through galactic collisions, not smooth growth, using stellar data as 'cosmic fossils' to reconstruct our galaxy's violent 10-billion-year history.
Amina Helmi, an Argentine astronomer at University of Groningen, won the Kavli Prize for discovering that the Milky Way formed through galactic collisions rather than smooth growth, using data from the Gaia space mission.
NASA's Curiosity rover spotted an extensive field of honeycomb-textured formations on Mars, likely caused by ancient mud cracking. The discovery provides further evidence Mars once had conditions suitable for liquid water.
Four decades after Nobel Prize-winning experiments demonstrated quantum tunneling at observable scales, superconducting qubits have evolved from laboratory curiosities into viable quantum computing components through advances in materials science and control systems.
ispace-EUROPE secured a €65 million ESA contract to develop and operate MAGPIE, Europe's first lunar rover designed to explore polar ice deposits and support future human missions to the Moon.
University of Liverpool research reveals hospital admissions for ectopic pregnancy in England have risen significantly since 2021, with women from deprived areas experiencing twice the admission rates of those in affluent areas.
