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Next summer, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close

The effort to pull some 900 ocean-monitoring buoys and sensors from the water drew backlash from scientists and lawmakers

This partnership marks the latest foray into space exploration for Relativity Space, which aims to build cheap, reusable rockets

Even if you aren’t going to be within the path of totality, you can still watch the solar eclipse as it happens with Scientific American

A cold, cherry-blossom-hued exoplanet supports bizarre clouds chock-full of salts

Construction of the Deep Synoptic Array is about to start in rural Nevada. It will reveal untold galaxies in stunning detail and help explain how they form and grow

People are increasingly turning to AI for mental health support—but its design is “antithetical” to mental health care, experts say

On Thursday Knicks fans are flocking to Manhattan for a ticker-tape parade. But where did ticker tape even come from?

Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and will bring heavy rains and potential flash flooding to the Southeast

Why the human brain can't fathom what it means to be a trillionaire

Graves of hunter-gatherers in Siberia point to a deadly disease outbreak dating to some 5,500 years ago, a new DNA analysis finds

A galaxy appears to be missing the invisible substance thought to hold such objects together, further challenging long-held assumptions about how galaxies form