What old, dying stars teach us about axions as a candidate for dark matter
The axion could be a contender to explain the mystery of dark matter....
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The axion could be a contender to explain the mystery of dark matter....
Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3....
Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path of totality moving west to east across the globe. Here's everything you need to know to plan an exqu...
Constellations, planets, a waxing moon and more grace the night sky this New Year's Eve....
A daylight peak and a full moon combine to sabotage the powerful Quadrantid meteor shower in 2026....
Beneath the Mediterranean, physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for cosmic whispers—and this year, it heard the most energeti...
Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky....
Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer....
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
Akhil Nagori, Evann Sun, and Lucas Shengwen Yen at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. Society for Science Three California teenagers created text-to-speech smart glasses powered...
Overall, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the Earth as a whole....
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...
A powerful visual timeline showcasing the pivotal events that reshaped our global landscape throughout the year....
Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rippling's product chief Matt MacInnis says he deli...
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
2026 is shaping up to be a huge year for games, with major sequels, long-awaited releases, and big new projects already lined up....
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From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration....
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January's full moon is often known as the 'Wolf Moon'....