March 14, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard telescopes.

Scientists shut down brain activity completely by freezing living tissue below −150°C. When the tissue was finally warmed again, researchers watched as something unexpected began happening inside the brain cells.

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.

The mystery of little red dots got deeper, as a galaxy hiding an overmassive black hole hints at a population of cosmic Jekyll and Hydes.

Scientists are exploring a surprisingly simple way to clean up diesel engines: adding tiny droplets of water to the fuel. During combustion, the water rapidly vaporizes, triggering micro-explosions that improve fuel mixing and lower combustion temperatures. S…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida is now set for early Saturday from Cape Canaveral.

11‑year‑old Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine reptile.

What would be the flagship signature of a very advanced, ambitious civilization?

States located closer to the U.S.-Canada border have a better chance of seeing the natural phenomenon.

In a new study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers documented how one flower survived the hard times without rain.

"We found a collision within a collision. The galaxy collision triggered a wave of star formation that, over hundreds of millions of years, led to the birth and eventual collision of these neutron stars."

As SpaceX accelerates its ambitious goal of sending humans to the Moon and Mars, the…

Scientists discovered a crack under the sea off Vancouver Island, NFZ in Cascadia region, that could alter Pacific subduction.

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable consequence of Earth's rising oceans.

Wanna colonize Mars? You may find these latest findings a bit discouraging.

What if ancient cave paintings weren’t just artistic expressions, but actually records of creatures that roamed the Earth long before humans?

A violent collision between two young planets offers clues to Earth's own chaotic origin story.

Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae.

Inactivation of chromosomal genes through plasmid-encoded IS elements is an extended mechanism of antimicrobial resistance evolution in bacteria.

NASA is gearing up for one of its most ambitious missions yet, establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon.

What began as a simple renovation project in a quiet village uncovered a stone that has since revealed one of the most unexpected archaeological discoveries in recent history.