Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders...
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would l...
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
2026 is shaping up to be a huge year for games, with major sequels, long-awaited releases, and big new projects already lined up....
Our 2026 skywatching guide includes a total solar eclipse, a "blood moon" and a festive supermoon. Here are the dates you need to know....
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....
The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of galaxies form....
Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up for moon landing attempts in 2026 as the commercial exploration of deep space expands....
Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where the latest discoveries from exoplanets, JWST and upcoming space missions will...
Man is returning to the moon - and with him old rivalries and new ambitions. Europe wants to have its say; Germany wants to be at the forefront. A historic opportunity beckons for Berlin....
A new artificial intelligence model in the United States, SleepFM, has found that patterns in human slumber can be used to predict a person's risk for about 130 diseases, including dementia and certai...
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...
Nature, Published online: 31 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09864-5 Fermionic currents of opposing chirality can be spatially filtered without the need for a magnetic field using the quantum ge...
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
Nature, Published online: 01 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04114-0 More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact of the Trump Team on science — we run thr...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Neuroscience researcher Mia Soviero uses a morning routine to boost her mood. ✓ The routine increases dopamine levels for...
📋 Key Facts ✓ FDA approves first GLP-1 pill for obesity from Novo Nordisk ✓ Novo Nordisk is the maker of Wegovy ✓ ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ New research suggests complex cognitive challenges slow neural aging by years. ✓ Strategy video games like StarCraft II a...
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physics’ oldest puzzles: why time only moves forward and why travelling to the past remains impossible. Physicist Cai Q...
I (17y/o) have been developing a rocket launch simulation that allows the user to explore what it's like launching a rocket from earth and putting it into orbit. This idea originally started as an edu...