A subset of AI called reinforcement learning is helping scientists improve nuclear fuel technology, which they could use to power spacecraft and rockets.

Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make predictions.

The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.

Raccoons have easy access to food in the form of human trash. It could be jump-starting physical and behavioral changes in the masked bandits, new research suggests.

Two cute rovers recently teamed up in a moon-like facility in search of water, to support future Artemis missions and their astronauts.

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety. Monday’s announcement comes eight months after the first and only Starliner crew returned to Earth aboard SpaceX after a prolonged mission. Although NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams managed to dock Starliner to the International Space Station in 2024, the capsule had so many problems that NASA ordered it to come back empty, leavi

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

"This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s."

How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision

James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD'

The brief flashes were captured from Earth and could be from the Taurid meteor shower.

Paleontologists spotted injuries on the tails of duck-billed dinosaur fossils that might have occurred during mating.

China's Shenzhou 20 and 21 astronauts enjoyed freshly cooked BBQ aboard the Tiangong space station recently, thanks to a new microgravity oven.

Scientists working in Mexico have recorded multiple incidents in which a group of orcas hunt young great white sharks and eat their energy-rich livers.

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic display.

The hunt for dark matter: a trivia quiz

Hubble sees spiral galaxy in Lion's heart | Space photo of the day for Nov. 4

Dark matter obeys gravity after all — could that rule out a 5th fundamental force in the universe?

The Lion Nebula is located 10,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus

A SpaceX rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on the company's 150 Falcon 9 mission of 2025.

Our biggest evolutionary advantages are an ability to walk on two legs and our big brains.

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones

"This study demonstrates the astonishing resilience of life that originated on Earth."

SpaceX began testing the newest version of its Starship Super Heavy booster overnight Thursday (Nov. 20), but by Friday morning (Nov. 21), it was clear those tests did not go as planned.

"All that remained was the particular flat shape."

Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a "confidential commercial customer" on Thursday morning (Nov. 20), just a few hours after giving notice of the impending liftoff.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A towering first-stage booster for an upgraded version of SpaceX's Starship rocket suffered a predawn testing failure in Texas on ​Friday, potentially complicating the company's push to prove the rocket's moon-landing abilities ‌for NASA, according to observers who captured it on video. Elon Musk's SpaceX had rolled the stainless steel booster out to ‌a testing pad on Thursday at the company's Starbase rocket facilities, saying it intended to test its redesigned propellant

For years, researchers have questioned who created the “band of holes” site in Peru. A new study suggests it was an ancient marketplace.

Paleontologists spotted injuries on the tails of duck-billed dinosaur fossils that might have occurred during mating.

"This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s."