Earth’s survival story has always invited grand explanations, from divine intervention to elegant equations in physics. The idea of a “newly found force field” around our planet taps into that same ...

One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Thousands of Afghan refugees are trapped in legal limbo after President Donald Trump’s response to a shooting last month of ...

Farms and cities use so much of the Colorado River's water that little remains for the river's own ecosystem. Will ...

The Season 4 finale of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test went out in dramatic fashion. After days of a brutal military-style course, only two celebrity recruits crossed the finish line, thanks to ...

In central Turkey, beneath the arid plains surrounding Lake Tuz, a silent geological shift is underway. A fault zone once thought to mirror the lateral motion of neighboring systems is instead tearing ...

Hey everyone, and welcome back to the blog! Today, December 15, 2025, is looking like a pretty busy day in the world of space ...

It looks like SpaceX is really running the show this week when it comes to getting stuff into orbit. They’ve got a packed ...

Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of ...

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman (right) speaks Nov. 20, 2025, in a fireside chat with Stephen Kitay, vice president of space defense at True Anomaly. Credit: Center for Strategic and ...