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Companies like SpaceX want electromagnetic catapults on the moon. Could they be used as weapons?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of a SpaceX and xAI concept for a mass drive on the moon. | Credit: SpaceX/xAIA new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing...
NASA is hatching a ‘fast-paced plan’ to boost this space telescope. But first, they’ll have to find it
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Artist's illustration of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory orbiting Earth. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image LabIt's getting to be...
Scientists accidentally discover sea cucumber with ‘tissue immortality’
What does it mean to be alive? A new study on an astonishing sea creature suggests the answer may be more complicated than it seems.Some amputated fragments of Psolus fabricii — a type of sea cucumber native to the North Atlantic Ocean — puzzled researchers when they...
Pigeons may be navigating with their liver, study suggests
NEW YORK (AP) — A surprising gut feeling may help pigeons find their way home.Animals use various techniques to navigate including following the stars and remembering key landmarks. Birds, fish and turtles orient themselves Article Attribution | Read More at Article...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers a black hole that formed before its host galaxy. Scientists aren’t sure how
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An image from NIRCam on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1, magnified and triply imaged by galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (Pandora’s...
Ozempic may be reshaping the brain, scientists say
Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans.An assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, she was part of a team studying 13 teens and young women with a hormonal disorder affecting the ovaries who were put...
Astrophotographer spends 115 hours capturing Horsehead Nebula in striking detail with backyard telescope
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A nebula scene is shown with swirling clouds of brown, red and orange. Blue and white stars can be seen dotted throughout. | Credit: Greg MeyerAstrophotographer Greg...
Massive marine predator crowned T. rex of the ocean and ‘a true terror of its time’
Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name “T. rex” also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore — a massive marine reptile with the scientific name Tylosaurus rex that a trio of researchers uncovered after a...
Blue micromoon makes rare appearance this weekend
World gets rare blue supermoon in the sky 02:16A blue micromoon will make a rare appearance this weekend, offering skywatchers a sight they won't have a chance to witness again until the very end of 2028.The blue micromoon is a blue moon that's the most distant and...
Astronomers unveil largest 3D universe map of its kind, illuminating ‘hidden’ cosmic structures
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A section of the new 3D map from HETDEX data, showing concentrations of excited hydrogen (Lyman-alpha light) in the space between galaxies, which are marked by stars....
Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer
At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories. In 2024 alone, 1,945 people were killed by mines and 4,325 were injured, 90% of whom were civilians. Nearly half of those were children. Demining operations removed 105,640 mines in the same...
2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s ahead
The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record by far, with 2025 almost tied with 2023 for second place. With that energy came extreme weather, from flash flooding to powerful hurricanes and severe droughts. Yet, by most indicators, the planet should...
Private Japanese rocket comes up empty again, fails on 3rd-ever launch
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Space One's Kairos rocket launches on its third-ever mission on March 4, 2026 from Spaceport Kii. Space One terminated the flight about two minutes after liftoff. |...
What to know about how GLP-1 medications might fight addiction
The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders — and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study finds.An analysis published Wednesday in a medical journal looked at...
With time running out, snow drought and warm weather raise wildfire risk in the West
A combination of unusually balmy winter weather across much of the Western United States and one of the worst snow droughts in decades has experts bracing for what could be a particularly intense wildfire season.The snowpack is well below average for this time of year...
Is all complex life on Earth related to a concept from Norse mythology? Kind of
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the origins of complex life on Earth after shedding new light on a mystery about our microbial ancestors. The key, they suspect, may lie in how simple microbes that lived billions of years ago adapted to the presence of...
‘War of the Worlds’ in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of "Santa Cruz," a hill inside the Red Planet's Jezero Crater, on April 29, 2021. | Credit:...
Auroras on Jupiter’s giant moon Ganymede look like Earth’s northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A composite image of Ganymede's aurora showcases the ultraviolet data gleaned by NASA's Juno spacecraft. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/UVS/ULiège/Gusbin/BonfondA...
Claims of ‘rediscovered’ Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts
ROME (AP) — An independent researcher claimed on Wednesday that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo, the latest purported attribution to the Renaissance genius who is one of the most imitated artists in the world.The unverified claim by...
The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds
Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.Researchers studied hundreds of...
Scientists find sea levels are already much higher than we thought. That could spell trouble for the future
Sea levels along the world’s coastlines are much higher than previously assumed, more than 3 feet in some regions, according to new research, raising alarms that the world is underestimating the extent of the threat and how quickly coastlines could disappear.Sea level...
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