The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will probe dark matter and dark energy, discover exoplanets and study stars

Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

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An entomologist answers your questions about the Joro invasion this fall.

How can reconstructing long-lost smells of ancient artifacts help us connect with the past?

From the best in smartphones to great headphones, the Best Tech of 2025 Awards highlight the most innovative hardware of the year.

How can reconstructing long-lost smells of ancient artifacts help us connect with the past?

Learn more about the Hadal Trenches and the types of life that thrive in the deep.

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground

An experiment that transformed lead into gold, a satellite designed to manufacture drugs in space, and many other fascinating projects all took home trophies at this year’s Science Fair.

Ten years after LIGO’s historical detection of gravitational waves, the project is cracking black hole mysteries at an astounding pace.

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The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme

A new tool developed by MIT researchers enables users to create detailed computer representations of mathematically impossible objects.

We determine optimal requirements for the joint detection of habitable-zone planets and cold giant planets with the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). Analysis of 164 nearby stars shows that a corona...

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In a first, CERN physicists succeeded in observing matter-antimatter imbalance in baryons, fundamental particles that make up most of the observable universe.

The powerful merger, designated GW231123, produced an extremely large black hole about 225 times the mass of our Sun.

When extreme heat arrives, here are scientifically-based tips to keep your home cool, from the most efficient way to use air conditioning to strategic uses of fans

Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by covering itself with dead insect body parts

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England

A colossal squid was filmed for the first time in its natural habitat near the South Sandwich Islands during a recent expedition, and it turned out to be a baby

Mathematicians describe the most beautiful and beguiling forms and surfaces they know

Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important conservation science is being lost in all the hype