JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress often comes from data that don’t fit our current understanding. This idea, first proposed by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientifi…

Dark-energy evidence suggests the universe will end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. The universe is nearing the halfway point of what may be a 33-billion-year lifespan, according to new calculations by a Cornell physicist using updated da…

The glow-in-the-dark bats you're hanging to decorate for Halloween might be more biologically accurate than you thought.

This study hints that some coral species may be more resilient than previously thought.

Neanderthals and early humans reshaped Europe’s ecosystems long before farming, altering vegetation through fire and hunting.

MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, they detected energy shifts showing electrons interacting wi…

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial College London found that the spontaneous emergence of life from nonliving matter may be far more difficult than scientists once thoug…

Even the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that last for hundreds of miles and continue for several days, th…

"There is no better place to look for [life] than Enceladus,"

Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos satisfy these two criteria, but neutrinos move through space at nearly the speed of light, making them a f…

Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its large lunar lander carrying a commercial rover no earlier than mid-2026.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will pass through the neck of the great celestial serpent represented by the constellation Serpens Caput on the nights of Oct. 26-27.

A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto Earth."

The Maya Civilization, from Central America, was one of the most advanced ancient civilizations, known for its significant achievements in astronomy and mathematics. This includes accurate calendars and detailed celestial records, but scientists don't fully u…

ALBATOR has a multi-million dollar grant to study touchless space junk removal.

Catching you up on the past week’s most notable product releases.

Strange, sinuous gullies etched into the dunes of Mars are finally giving up their secrets.

The Northern Hemisphere is absorbing more sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere, and clouds can no longer keep the balance.

New research reveals that the human brain contains a built-in pain map that activates in different regions when relieving pain in the face, arm, or leg. Researchers at the University of Sydney have revealed a detailed map-like system within the brainstem that…

No spacecraft would be safe in the wake of a solar storm like the 1859 Carrington Event.

On October 25, 2025, I attended the NASCAR car race in Bakersfield, California. The racers were all ecstatic about the interstellar object…

Penn State scientists have unveiled a new theory-driven method to predict superconductors, offering a possible path toward materials that could conduct electricity perfectly. Electricity travels through wires to deliver power, but some of that energy is alway…

On October 18, 2025, the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, installed on the VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, obtained its first light. This milestone is a crucial step in t…

"They’re still very much capable of hosting robust life."

In a recent paper, a team of researchers proposes how humanity may someday relocate its entire civilization near the center of our galaxy to take advantage of the relativistic effects of the supermassive black hole there. They also indicate how other advanced…