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
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
March 1, 2013
Has NASA Become Mars-Obsessed?
Planetary exploration is stuck in a Martian rut
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
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
Space ExplorationFebruary 1, 2013
Voyager I Is Not Quite Gone
Voyager 1 has not yet entered interstellar space
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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