FEATURED
Science Articles
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Trending Science News
The Artemis II astronauts are heading home. The biggest risks could still lie ahead
When four astronauts set off on their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they knew they’d be testing a known flaw with their spacecraft — one that had some experts urging the space agency not to fly the mission with humans on...
‘It probably will start a precedent’: Why satellite company’s withholding of Iran imagery has this expert worried
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A satellite image of Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran following airstrikes. Damage as well as a variety of planes and runways can be seen. | Credit:...
A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here’s what you need to know
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's impression of a near-Earth asteroid. | Credit: HYPERSPERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty ImagesA house-size asteroid will make a close pass of Earth and...
Artemis II astronauts describe their lunar voyage as surreal and profound ahead of Earth return
HOUSTON (AP) — Drawing ever closer to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts tidied up their lunar cruiser for its upcoming “fireball” return and reflected on their historic journey around the moon, describing it as surreal and profound.As the next-to-last day of their...
The ‘oldest octopus’ in the world isn’t an octopus after all, scientists find
The story of a 300-million-year-old fossil has been rewritten after scientists discovered that it doesn’t actually belong to the world’s oldest octopus as previously thought.In fact, it belongs to an animal related to a modern nautilus, which has tentacles and an...
A tiny experiment using Artemis II astronaut cells could reshape medicine
Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. As the four Artemis II astronauts looped around the moon this week before their return trip to Earth, so did four transparent chips, each about the size of a...
Iran war puts focus on petrochemicals used in numerous products and a driver of climate change
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Iran war has exposed deep vulnerability in the global economy: dependence not just on oil, gas and coal for fuel, but on petrochemicals that underpin everything from food production to plastic packaging.As disruptions ripple through energy...
Creature thought to be world’s oldest octopus isn’t an octopus after all
A prehistoric fossil previously thought to belong to the world's oldest octopus has been reclassified as something else, after scientists discovered the remains actually belonged to a different type of sea creature."It turns out the world's most famous octopus fossil...
These two iconic polar species have been driven to endangered status by a warming planet
Climate change is pushing two iconic Antarctic species toward the brink of extinction — the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal, a new assessment finds. The new listings, published Wednesday by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, cite...
Would you go to the moon? Board an alien spacecraft? What nearly 80 years of polls say about US attitudes on space
Americans’ opinion of space exploration is pretty high.In an Ipsos poll conducted last week just after the launch of Artemis II, US adults say, 62% to 34%, that the benefits of NASA sending people into space are worth the costs, with nearly identical levels of support...
Scientists say the world’s oldest octopus fossil isn’t an octopus after all
LONDON (AP) — A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it’s not an octopus at all.Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as...
NASA Artemis II astronauts prepare to end moon mission in ‘fireball’ re-entry
By Joey RouletteHOUSTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Four astronauts traveling back to Earth from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission spoke of their emotions as they wrapped up the unprecedented flight and prepared to re-enter the atmosphere in a "fireball",...