Space & PhysicsApril 5, 2016
NASA’s Decaying Spaceflight Facilities Preserved in Photos
In Abandoned in Place photographer Roland Miller takes readers on a tour of the right stuff turned to relics
Stories by Calla Cofield
Space & PhysicsMarch 16, 2016
Astronomers See Changes on Dwarf Planet's Surface
Ground-based telescopes bolster the case for hazes emanating from Ceres's mysterious bright spots
Space & PhysicsMarch 8, 2016
Total Solar Eclipse of 2016 Occurs Today: What to Expect
Essential info for viewing Tuesday's night sky show
Space & PhysicsFebruary 2, 2016
Mysteriously Powerful Particles from Solar Explosions Unveiled in New Study
The study provides a first-of-its-kind look under the hood of solar eruptions
The SciencesNovember 24, 2015
Blue Origin Makes Historic Reusable Rocket Landing in Epic Test Flight
No other agency or company had previously successfully landed a reusable rocket
Space & PhysicsNovember 12, 2015
Closest Earth-Size Exoplanet Found May Be a Venus Twin
Rocky world found orbiting nearby red dwarf star, 39 light-years from Earth
Space & PhysicsNovember 10, 2015
Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto's Moons Perplexes Scientists
New Horizons reveals the orbits of Pluto's four smallest moons to be even more chaotic than expected
The SciencesOctober 13, 2015
Leading Astronomer Violated Sexual Harassment Policies, Investigation Finds
University of California, Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy has apologized for "unwelcomed" interactions with female students
The SciencesSeptember 16, 2015
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin Will Launch Rockets and Spaceships from Florida
The Amazon founder announced plans to fly a fleet of reusable spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral spaceport
Space & PhysicsAugust 17, 2015
Cassini Makes Final Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione
The spacecraft makes one last close flyby of Saturn's pockmarked moon Dione August 17, in search of direct evidence that the moon is geologically alive and active
Space & PhysicsJuly 9, 2015
Pluto Flyby Begins: NASA Probe Enters Encounter Phase
After nine years, 4.8 billion kilometers and $700 million the New Horizons mission has officially begun to execute its sequence of Pluto flyby observations
Space & PhysicsMay 30, 2015
Galaxy Crashes May Give Birth to Powerful Space Jets
Explosive geysers of material that shoot away from black holes at nearly the speed of light seem to form more often in galaxies that are the product of two galaxies merging together
Space & PhysicsApril 29, 2015
Doomed Russian Space Station Cargo Ship Will Fall Back to Earth Soon
A Progress robotic delivery spacecraft that launched toward the International Space Station suffered a serious malfunction shortly after liftoff
Space & PhysicsMarch 11, 2015
Launch Tomorrow for Satellites Set to Solve Earth's Magnetic Mysteries
The Magnetospheric Multiscale mission's four satellites are designed to study the phenomenon responsible for powerful bursts of powerful magnetic particles
Space & PhysicsMarch 5, 2015
Speediest Star's Origins Revealed
The Milky Way's fastest "hypervelocity" star probably picked up speed from a supernova
Space & PhysicsNovember 17, 2014
Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: How to See It
This year, the Leonid meteor shower should treat skywatchers to beween 10 and 15 meteors per hour, a NASA meteor expert says
Space & PhysicsDecember 1, 2013
Solution to Long-standing Neutrino Puzzle May Be within Reach
Physicists line up to crack a long-standing particle puzzle
August 28, 2013
Randomized Treatments May Be More Effective at Stopping Disease Outbreaks
Mathematicians have found that by varying the timing of treatments, doctors may be able to increase the odds that a disease outbreak will die off suddenly
BiologyMay 21, 2013
No-Kill, High-Resolution 3-D Movies of Cells Now Possible
A new 3-D imaging technique shows that higher resolution is not the only desirable trait for microscopic observations
March 26, 2013
An Arbitrary Number of Years Since Mathematician Paul Erdős’s Birth
Today would’ve been the 100th birthday of the Hungary-born mathematician who published so many papers--and many with such great impact--that a playful measure of one’s academic affiliation with him has been created