NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark energy and alien planets.

This near-total eclipse will be visible from the Americas, Africa and Europe—here’s how to see it

A request for information from the Department of Health and Human Services seeks public input as to how vaccines are categorized

Even as cases of diseases such as measles rise, childhood vaccinations are declining, thanks to changes in public health policies and antivaccine sentiment, experts say

OpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach

The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

The U.S. has been pummeled with heat waves this summer. Here’s how hot overnight temperatures can get in the way of a good night’s rest—in 3 charts

Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100–300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes

Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils. That’s making it difficult—or even impossible—for researchers to improve our understanding of the past.

Steel support columns in the Midtown building, which is being converted from offices into apartments, may have been overloaded, experts say

This one-ton elephant seal has gone viral for smashing into cars and infrastructure, but biologists have a more poignant explanation for his behavior

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

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

Investigating the shape and evolution of animal joints

A step-by-step guide to the “Doginburgh Inventory,” a new pawedness test developed by dog behavior researchers

A step-by-step guide to the “Doginburgh Inventory,” a new pawedness test developed by dog behavior researchers

Wemby’s height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?

The long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the primary host for Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for sickening passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship

Researchers who study political violence say that the U.S. is in a period of more intense political rhetoric, but there have been far darker periods in the nation’s history

The space environment—microgravity, extreme temperatures and more—make it near-impossible to truly test a space toilet like Artemis II's ahead of launch, experts say

The National Association of Science Writers is pleased to once again offer the **NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship** for talented students and early-career science communicators undertaking summer internships.

It's NASA tradition to wake up astronauts with a song. Here are the crew's favorites

Today, the four astronauts of Artemis II are observing the far side of the moon, setting distance records and experiencing a solar eclipse.

NASA is gearing up to launch four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow our coverage here.

There’s no bulletproof remedy for a hangover, but a nutrition scientist explains which foods could aid symptoms after one has had too much to drink

Experts say that to win a game like The Traitors, competitors should look for verbal clues over physical ones—and be friendly and open

A scandal involving allegedly enlarged ski suits ahead of this year’s Winter Olympics has highlighted the intriguing physics behind ski jumps

The U.S.’s drug safety agency declined to review a next-gen flu vaccine that uses the same tech as the coronavirus shots

Watching sporting events like the Super Bowl can influence our brains and bodies—and not always in a good way

A century ago, Erwin Schrödinger came up with an equation that says how the quantum world behaves. Now scientists are asking what happens when the observer is part of that world

Why can people watch the same video footage and see different things? Neuroscience can help explain

Towering prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science

Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the recommended number of vaccines to protect against 11 diseases, instead of the 17 it recommended previously

The science of how AI chatbots captivate, entertain, and influence us

Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.