The SciencesMarch 23, 2013
Cosmos Study Dashes Hope for New Neutrino
Stories by John Matson
John Matson is a former reporter and editor for Scientific American who has written extensively about astronomy and physics.
The SciencesMarch 20, 2013
Voyager 1′s Whereabouts: No News, but Plenty of Noise
The SciencesMarch 14, 2013
Quasars at 50: Luminous Cosmic Beacons Remain a Puzzle
Space & PhysicsMarch 12, 2013
Anybody Home? Next-Gen Telescopes Could Pick Up Hints of Extraterrestrial Life
New studies assess the possibility of detecting biomarkers with planned ground- and space-based telescopes
Space & PhysicsMarch 11, 2013
Astronomer Locates Previously Unseen Neighbor to the Sun
The SciencesMarch 7, 2013
Naked-Eye Comet Pan-STARRS Climbing into Northern Skies
Space & PhysicsMarch 6, 2013
Commercial Spaceflight Industry Drifts Back to Earth
March 1, 2013
Has NASA Become Mars-Obsessed?
Planetary exploration is stuck in a Martian rut
Space & PhysicsMarch 1, 2013
New Data Shows Earth Is Probably Safe From Asteroids
Asteroids regularly buzz Earth, but new data show that impacts are extremely unlikely
Space & PhysicsFebruary 20, 2013
Diminutive Discovery: Moon-Size Exoplanet Circling Sunlike Star Smallest Yet
The newly detected world is smaller than any of the solar system’s planets and just a bit larger than our moon
The SciencesFebruary 20, 2013
Could Another Chelyabinsk-Scale Meteor Sneak Up on Us?
The SciencesFebruary 19, 2013
Fermi Satellite Tracks Cosmic Ray Origins back to Supernova Remnants
Space & PhysicsFebruary 15, 2013
What Do We Know about the Russian Meteor?
Meteor researcher Margaret Campbell-Brown recaps the latest research into the cause of this morning’s fireball over Chelyabinsk
The SciencesFebruary 15, 2013
Hundreds Reported Injured in Blast from Meteor Strike over Russia [Video]
EvolutionFebruary 7, 2013
Can Hitchhiking Earth Microbes Thrive on Mars?
EvolutionFebruary 6, 2013
The New Way to Look for Mars Life: Follow the Salt
Space ExplorationFebruary 1, 2013
Voyager I Is Not Quite Gone
Voyager 1 has not yet entered interstellar space
February 1, 2013
Solar System’s Moons May Have Emerged from Long-Gone Rings
The solar system's moons may have emerged from long-gone planetary baubles
The SciencesJanuary 31, 2013
Decelerating American Physics: Panel Advises Shutdown of Last U.S. Collider
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is first in line for possible budget cutbacks
The SciencesJanuary 28, 2013
A Remembrance of Challenger Astronaut Ronald McNair on Anniversary of Shuttle Disaster [Video]
The SciencesJanuary 17, 2013
Hard Up: Nanomaterial Rivals Hardness of Diamond
A nanostructured and transparent form of boron nitride is harder than some forms of diamond
The SciencesJanuary 17, 2013
Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Unprecedented Saturn Storm
Space & PhysicsJanuary 9, 2013
Asteroids: Close and Closer, but Not Too Close for Comfort
The SciencesJanuary 4, 2013
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