Researchers have discovered a millisecond pulsar with two stellar companions — one of only a handful of these rapidly spinning stellar remnants known to be in a triple system.

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Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

AAS member Francis Halzen has been named the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of ...

Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, researchers have generated the first neutrino image of the Milky Way.

What did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report.

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New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

New analysis of archival Hubble data points to the possibility of "dead" white dwarf stars hosting second-generation planetary systems.

Microblazars — a miniature version of blazars — may be responsible for mysterious ultra-high-energy particles.

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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When recombinant DNA expert Herbert Boyer, Ph.D., first got a call from venture capitalist Robert Swanson about starting a company, the savvy scientist wasn’t sure a meeting would be worth his time | ...

Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors. This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

New research measures the loudest birds known to science, with three South American species topping the chart.

Retraction Watch and The Open Notebook are thrilled to introduce the first two fellows in our Research Accountability Reporting Fellowship. This program, supported by The Center for Scientific Integri...