NASA moon rocket hit by new problem expected to bump astronauts’ lunar trip into April

by News Feed Editor | Feb 21, 2026 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket suffered another setback Saturday, almost certain to bump astronauts’ first lunar trip in decades into spring.The space agency revealed the latest problem just one day after targeting March 6 for the Artemis II...

What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time

by News Feed Editor | Feb 21, 2026 | Science

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] are wormholes and do they exist? – Chinglembi D., age 12, Silchar, Assam, IndiaImagine two towns on two opposite...

The Milky Way may be hiding a big secret at its heart: an extremely magnetic dead star

by News Feed Editor | Feb 21, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of a pulsar lurking in Galactic Center close to the supermassive black hole Sgr A*. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)Scientists suspect that a...

These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the world

by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Science

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world.Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of pangolins, the shy, scaly anteaters found in parts of Africa and Asia,...

These 70 dusty galaxies at the edge of our universe could rewrite our understanding of the cosmos

by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.18 dusty “missing link” galaxies seen by the JWST and ALMA. | Credit: UMass AmherstUsing the James Webb Space Telescope and the Atacama Large...

Ancient bacteria strain discovered in ice cave is resistant to some modern antibiotics

by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Science

In the depths of Scarisoara cave in Romania sits one of the world’s biggest underground glaciers, a monumental slab of ice the size of roughly 40 Olympic swimming pools that began to form around 13,000 years ago.Scientists studying ancient microbes once entombed in...