Saturn's most unique feature, the massive layer of rings surrounding the planet, has been vanishing, baffling scientists for years.

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The CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI said one of the tech industry's biggest mistakes was thinking "startups didn't need to be together."

JUICE is having problems extending its radar antenna. Astronomers watch a star eat its planet. A design for a space station with artificial gravity. 🦄 Suppo...

Dragon Endeavour is scheduled to switch ports on the ISS at 7:10 a.m. ET on Saturday (May 6).

A recent study has examined the genome of Balto, a sled dog that led a team to deliver lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925. The study found that Balto's genome had genes that may have helped him survive the…

Caltech researchers have doubled the resolution of light microscopes using quantum entanglement, enabling higher-resolution imaging without damaging specimens like living cells. Using a "spooky" phenomenon of quantum physics, Caltech researchers have discover…

Newly developed 'smart' coatings for surgical orthopedic implants can monitor strain on the devices to provide early warning of implant failures while killing infection-causing bacteria, researchers report. The coatings integrate flexible sensors with a nanos…

Astronomers comparing maps of the universe uncovered the nearest example of a black hole devouring a star ever detected.

A new technical paper titled “Low-thermal-budget synthesis of monolayer molybdenum disulfide for silicon back-end-of-line integration on a 200 mm platform” was published by researchers at MIT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and... » read more

The Eta Aquarids meteor shower​ peaks around each year during early May as Earth passes through the debris trail from Halley's Comet.

After the previous launch target date changed due to weather conditions in New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting 9 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 7, (1 p.m. Monday, May 8, New Zealand Standard Time), to launch two storm tracking CubeSats into orbit

Photovoltaics, the conversion of light to electricity, is a key technology for sustainable energy. Since the days of Max Planck and Albert Einstein, we know that light as well as electricity are quantized, meaning they come in tiny packets called photons and …

The space industry is racing to meet NASA's first permanent lunar habitation's technology needs, including power generators, vehicles, and habitats.

The space agency's highly sensitive camera has imaged the lunar south pole as scientists attempt to learn as much as possible about the region before humans set foot on it.

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A new animation shows how these cosmic monsters compare to other cosmic objects, and to each other.

Samuel Durrance, who as an astronomer was one of the first non-career astronauts to fly with NASA after the loss of space shuttle Challenger, has died at 79. Durrance flew twice in space, each time accompanying the Astro payload he helped to design and build.

Microsoft's Azure platform currently uses "tens of thousands" of Nvidia GPUs.

Former Astronaut and International Space Station Commander Dr. Leroy Chiao joins FOX Weather to talk about his career and to give insights on current space l...

Scientists at the Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School have discovered something remarkable while studying phosphate transport in fruit fly intestines—a never before seen organelle. Their results are published in the journal N…

Saturn’s mesmerising rings vanishing, further aggravate its cosmic identity crisis

Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory captured one of the fastest movements of a molecule called ferricyanide for the first time by combining two ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy techniques. They think their approach could help map more complex chem…

Astrophotographer explains the stories behind his latest discoveries and showcases absolutely breathtaking deep space photos.