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Earth’s Magnetic Field Used in Dark Matter Search
Scientists at Kyoto University and collaborating institutions have utilized Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere as a large-scale detector …
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Stone Age Man Found Buried with Skulls, Tooth Necklace in Poland
Archaeologists excavating a Roman-period cemetery in Poland unearthed the grave of a Stone Age man, dating back to approximately 2900 B.C. T…
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Robots Shatter Athletics Records at World Humanoid Robot Games
Humanoid robots competing at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China, surpassed several men’s world records in athletics, incl…
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Mathematicians Design ‘Fairest’ Dice After 15-Year Effort
A team of mathematicians, led by Eric Harshbarger and Robert Ford, has created a set of five 60-sided dice designed to ensure a perfectly fa…
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300-Year-Old Sextant Could Help Stranded Astronauts
NASA is revisiting a 300-year-old navigation tool, the sextant, as a backup system for astronauts on deep space missions. The tool, traditio…
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NASA Aircraft Chases Moon’s Shadow to Observe Eclipse
NASA’s WB-57F research aircraft flew off the coast of Iceland on August 12 to observe a total solar eclipse. The flight, piloted at 50,000 f…
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Isar Aerospace to Relaunch Spectrum Rocket After Multiple Delays
Isar Aerospace, a European private space launch provider, is preparing to launch its Spectrum rocket on the “Onward and Upward” mission from…
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Scientists Expand DNA Alphabet to Eight Letters
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated that a key cellular enzyme can accurately read an eight-letter genet…
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Complete Fruit Fly Brain Map Created, Enabling Sex-Based Comparisons
Scientists have mapped the complete central nervous system of the adult male fruit fly, detailing all 166,000 neurons and their connections.…
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Hubble Confirms Growing 10-Sided Cloud at Saturn’s South Pole
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed a large, evolving atmospheric phenomenon – a decagon – surrounding Saturn’s south pole. The wave app…
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Bonnethead Shark Head Shape Changes Challenge Existing Theory
A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science has overturned a long-held belief about…
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Blue Origin Expands Florida Test and Launch Facilities
Blue Origin is expanding its presence at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, Florida, with new test sites and production facilities. Th…
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NASA Ames Fire Department to Conduct Aircraft Fire Training
The fire department at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will conduct aircraft firefighting training at Moffett Fed…
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Medieval Manuscripts Reveal Ancient Sheeppox Virus DNA
Scientists have extracted and sequenced sheeppox virus DNA from medieval manuscripts, providing a 3,500-year history of the disease. The res…
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Molecular Aging Varies Greatly Between Individuals
A new study from King’s College London and Yale School of Medicine reveals that molecular aging processes differ significantly between peopl…
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Blue Origin Rocket Blast Sent Sound Waves 1,000 Miles
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion in Florida in May released ultra-low-frequency sound waves that traveled over 1,000 miles across th…
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3,200-Year-Old Inscription Hints at Lost Egyptian City
A 3,200-year-old inscription discovered near Tell Abu Seifi in Egypt may indicate the location of a lost ancient city called Mesn, which flo…
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Hubble Spots Decagon at Saturn’s South Pole
New images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a ten-sided jet stream at Saturn’s south pole, a feature not observed during the Cassini m…
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Ancient DNA Challenges ‘American Cheetah’ Classification
An analysis of ancient DNA reveals the “American cheetah” (Miracinonyx trumani) is more closely related to pumas than to modern cheetahs, pr…
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Bunsen Burners Found Ineffective at Lab Sterilization
A new study challenges the long-held belief that Bunsen burners sterilize laboratory workspaces, finding they are ineffective and may even w…
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AI Model Could Extend Tropical Cyclone Forecasts by a Day
A new artificial intelligence model has the potential to provide an extra day of warning for tropical cyclones, according to research led by…
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NASA to Host Accessible Webinar on Artemis Missions
NASA will host a virtual webinar tailored for the blind and low-vision community on October 2, focusing on the RS-25 engine and the Artemis …
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Complete Fruit Fly Brain Map Created by Researchers
On Friday, researchers announced the completion of a map detailing every neuron in the brain of a male fruit fly. The resulting “connectome”…
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Obesity Drug Shows Potential Anti-Aging Effects in Mice
A new study suggests the GLP-1 medication semaglutide, used to treat obesity, may slow signs of aging in mice. Researchers also report on a …
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Ada Yonath, Ribosome Crystallographer, Dies at 87
Ada Yonath, an Israeli structural biologist, died at age 87. She was the first scientist to determine the structure of the ribosome, a compl…
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Buried Underpants Aid Soil Health Measurement
Researchers utilized 1,000 pairs of buried underpants to measure soil health. The project earned recognition with a 2026 Ig Nobel prize, awa…
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Jeff Bezos Credits ‘Star Trek’ as Inspiration for Blue Origin
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos revealed to William Shatner that his childhood love of “Star Trek” directly inspired him to create Blue Origin and…
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Galactic Merger Named by Hawaiian Students
High school students participating in a joint internship program with Gemini Observatory and the University of Hawaiʻi have named a pair of …
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Daytime Lunar Occultation of Venus Visible Across US
On Wednesday, June 17, skywatchers in the United States and parts of Canada witnessed a rare daytime lunar occultation of Venus. A lunar occ…
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Extreme Drought Grips Puerto Rico, Triggering Disaster Declarations
As of August 25, 2026, extreme drought conditions cover 44% of Puerto Rico, a rapid escalation from earlier in the year. The lack of rainfal…
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Injectable Scaffold Aids Brain Recovery After Stroke in Mice
Duke University researchers have developed an injectable biomaterial that promotes brain tissue repair in mice following ischemic stroke. Th…
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Sea Squirts Show Promise in Reversing Aging Signs in Mice
Researchers from Stanford University and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University have discovered that a compound found in sea squirts, called pl…
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Rare ‘Devil Flower’ Discovered in Thailand
Scientists have discovered a new species of flowering plant, named *Thismia daemona*, in a Thai national park. The plant, nicknamed the “dev…
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Artemis III Engines Installed, Launch Startup Funding Secured
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida completed the installation of four RS-25 rocket engines on Tuesday, September 1, 2026,…
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Scientists Detail How Human Brains Develop From Stem Cells
UCLA researchers have discovered how radial glia stem cells, crucial to human brain development, respond to both nutrient processing and phy…
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Dark Matter Detector Records Unexplained Signal
An international team of scientists working with the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has detected a rare particle interaction that is difficult t…
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