Science

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about. But my colleagues and I have published a new study suggests it could be asymmetric or lopsided, meaning…

Two worlds at almost opposite ends of the Solar System have just given us a mystery we didn’t even know existed. Around the gas giant Saturn orbits Titan, a moon…

A Janesville-based company is building a fusion energy facility to produce critical medical isotopes. Earlier this year, SHINE Technologies secured a $263 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy’s…

A prototype quantum sensor developed by researchers at Imperial College London has provided the first real-world demonstration that a crucial concept behind future quantum detectors can work outside of idealized…

This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it first. During World War II, when…

TOKYO — With a new chief executive and funding round, satellite refueling company Orbit Fab hopes to make the transition from technology development to operations. The Colorado-based company announced July…

It’s customary for a Marvel project to move with a fair amount of secrecy at the outset, but VisionQuest, Marvel’s Vision series, feels more obscure than most. The show will…

The evacuation of a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan and the surrounding area was ordered on Tuesday after the building showed signs of potential collapse that may have been caused by…

Proxima Fusion, a Munich, Germany-based group that is considered among the leading European companies working on fusion energy, said it completed a €411 million ($468 million) funding round. Proxima on…

People will spend $100 to learn about their genetic ancestry. Some pay even more to learn about their dog’s genes. But how many have questioned the genetic ancestry of their…

Of all the dietary supplements out there, creatine is perhaps the one with the most fervent fan base. Long a favorite among athletes looking for a workout boost, creatine has…

It’s become so trite to point out Philip K. Dick’s legendary impact on Hollywood sci-fi that it’s easy to forget just how remarkable it really was. From Blade Runner and…

Mucahithan Avcioglu 07 July 2026•Update: 07 July 2026 Company says funds will support Alpha demonstrator, magnet production and commercial fusion roadmap Google has joined a €411 million (about $470 million)…

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, NASA has released four spectacular images of deep space from its Chandra X-ray Observatory, each presented in patriotic shades of red,…

A Chinese spacecraft on a mission to collect and return samples of a near-Earth asteroid beamed back its first image of its target. Called Kamo‘oalewa, the space rock loops by…

Paramedics help a patient into an ambulance during a heatwave in Barcelona, Spain, in 2022 Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images A heatwave in May set monthly temperature records across Europe;…

For decades, physicists have wrestled with one of the deepest puzzles in modern science: the “black hole information paradox.” Now, a new theoretical study suggests a possible solution, one that…

Did you know Earth has a ‘minimoon’? It’s known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa. A probe sent for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) mission, Tianwen-2, has just returned its…

Initial results lay the groundwork for key objective of the United States Genesis Mission Quantum-centric supercomputing algorithm takes aim at tritium extraction – a bottleneck to abundant energy and a…

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until that is, Neanderthals went extinct some 40,000 years ago. That includes mating—most…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released a dazzling new image featuring more than 500,000 stars glowing in shades of red, white, and blue. The breathtaking view, shared in celebration of…

On a recent day, Mr. Frist spoke by Zoom from his office in Nashville, surrounded by photos and mementos. A map of Tennessee, rendered in green thread on reclaimed barn…

A new policy paper argues that a future NASA base on the moon should include a specialized biocontainment facility designed to keep Earth safe from any potentially hazardous biological material…

As The Vampire Lestat is only seven episodes, the series has a very limited window to lay out all the “failures” perpetrated by its titular diva (Sam Reid). Despite that…

Less time sleeping may mean more time sitting down—and more weight gained, according to a new study. The research, published in Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, found that getting…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy…

Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum…

It seems that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an overachiever. When NASA launched TESS in 2018, the satellite had one job: watch nearby stars for the tiny dips…

Some people remain mentally sharp even though their brains contain the biological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience suggests that the answer…