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....
Elon Musk's Neuralink startup develops brain-chip implants. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk is planning to ramp up production of his Neuralink brain chips in 2026. Neuralink develops...
Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky....
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas....
Located south of Bendâs outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders...
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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...
Hi HN, I've been exploring various applications of formal methods to ML/interpretability and I've been hoping to get more eyes on the approach. I have been working on a small interpretability project ...
Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report...
A magical encounter in northern Finland blends ancient folklore, swirling auroras and an unexpectedly curious fox....
Starlink satellites with solar arrays deployed. | Image: SpaceX After one of its Starlink satellites exploded and another narrowly avoided colliding with a Chinese satellite, SpaceX says it will lower...
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming coronal mass ejection could disrupt Earth's magnetic field and trigger geomagnetic storm conditions....
An online video has gone viral showing 93-year-old Dr. Marshall Lindheimer, who has dementia, hearing about his groundbreaking research to treat and diagnose the pregnancy condition of preeclampsia....
NASA said on Thursday it will return a crew from the International Space Station to Earth within days after an astronaut experienced a medical issue, marking the orbital labâs first evacuation for hea...
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physicsâ oldest puzzles: why time only moves forward and why travelling to the past remains impossible. Physicist Cai Q...
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DeepSeekâs latest technical paper, co-authored by the firmâs founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng, has been cited as a potential game changer in developing artificial intelligence models, as it could transla...
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come â and how much remains unknown....