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Ancient quasars add to a ‘major unsolved problem’ in astrophysics
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - A quasar — among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects — is a supermassive black hole caught in the act of guzzling matter at the heart of a galaxy. Scientists have now found quasars dating to so early in...
Strong El Nino event could raise extreme weather risks in China, state media says
BEIJING, July 8 (Reuters) - A strong to super-strong eastern Pacific-type El Nino event is expected to form this summer and autumn, raising risks for extreme weather such as flooding and heatwaves across China this year and the next, state news agency Xinhua...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 26, 2026. | Credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz)NASA's Nancy...
Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions
Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic disease, crop blights and toxins. Natural processes can heal,...
James Webb Space Telescope celebrates its 4th birthday with stunning image of a galaxy crash site
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Centaurus A as seen by the JWST. | Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA Office...
Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/M.WeissIs the Milky Way even bigger than we thought? New observations have revealed that our galaxy's spiral arms could stretch farther and wider...
Artemis 2’s Jeremy Hansen stepping down from active astronaut duty after epic moon mission
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Artemis 2 moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen, of the Canadian Space Agency, speaks in front of two Canadian flags. | Credit: Canadian Space AgencyThe first non-American to...
How public–private partnerships can turn Mars into an economic frontier (Op-Ed)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SpaceX Futurists and science fiction writers have predicted privately funded missions to Mars for decades, but until recently, the prospect appeared to be...
China releases 1st photo of Earth’s elusive ‘quasi-moon’ Kamo’oalewa
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A photo of Kamo'oalewa, asteroid 2016HO3, taken by China's Tianwen-2 probe from a distance of about 12 miles (20 kilometers) on July 2, 2026. | Credit: CNSA/Handout...
Underwater robot tracks sperm whale conversations in real time
By Marta SerafinkoMay 1 (Reuters) - Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres (miles). Now, scientists say they are beginning to follow those exchanges in real...
A citizen campaign returns iconic kiwi birds to New Zealand’s capital after a century-long absence
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital's residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to the...
J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79
J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79.Venter’s death was announced by the J. Craig Venter Institute, a genomics research group with locations in La Jolla,...
Russia’s new homegrown Soyuz 5 rocket aces debut launch
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Russia's Soyuz 5 rocket launches on its first-ever mission, a suborbital test flight from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 30, 2026. The flight was a...
Wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship lost during WWI has been found off the coast of England
MIAMI (AP) — The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, was been discovered off the coast of England.The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the USCGC Tampa was found about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off...
Artemis 3 has been pushed to late 2027. Can NASA still land astronauts on the moon in 2028?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesArtemis 2 enchanted the world in the beginning of April, when its crew of four astronauts flew a 10-day mission around the moon and...
Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J. Craig Venter, how close are scientists?
When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.For the first time, DNA – the molecule that carries the instructions...
A celestial double feature in May — two full moons
Sky-gazers will be in for a treat this month with two full moons gracing the sky.The first, which has the nickname the flower moon, will peak at 1:23 p.m. ET Friday. However, it will appear full Thursday night, Friday and Saturday, according to EarthSky.It will rise...
J. Craig Venter, ‘swashbuckling’ scientist who helped decode human genome, dies at 79
J. Craig Venter, one of the lead scientists in sequencing the human genome and a pioneer of modern genomics, died on Wednesday, his research institute announced.He was 79.The J. Craig Venter Institute said in a statement on Wednesday that he died in San Diego after...
Welcome home! Artemis 2’s Orion capsule returns to Florida after epic moon mission (photo)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's Orion spacecraft for the agency’s Artemis 2 mission arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Multi Payload Processing Facility in Florida on Tuesday, April 28,...
Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.While other mummies in the area have been found with sealed packages containing papyri...
Europe’s powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: ArianespaceEurope's most powerful rocket roared into action early Thursday morning (April 30).An Ariane 6 heavy lifter topped with 32 Amazon Leo satellites...
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