FEATURED
Science Articles
Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
Scientists in Sweden has made a material that challenges spider silk as the strongest bio-based material
The challenge of producing a bio-based material that can compete with the strength spider dragline silk has since long been pursued, primarily by trying to make fibers synthetically from silk. Now, by using nanocellulose, the component that makes trees and plants...
Trending Science News
SpaceX’s Starship rockets are grounded pending investigation after test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX Starship launches are on hold pending an investigation into last week’s test flight.The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that the hourlong spaceflight resulted in a mishap based on the performance of the mega...
Ancient bird’s long tail feathers were perfect for a mating dance
By Will DunhamMay 27 (Reuters) - New Guinea's tropical rainforests are home to one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular courtship rituals, with male birds of paradise prancing about and showing off their plumage, hoping to attract a female. But, as a new fossil...
China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: ‘We will spare no effort’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.China's Long March 10 carrier rocket carrying a Mengzhou spacecraft system launches from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province, China on Feb. 11, 2026. |...
FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship booster mishap
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration ordered SpaceX to investigate why its Starship booster suffered a mishap and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a test flight last week, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday. The...
A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A warmer world will likely make bigger and more damaging hail, a new study said.Because climate change from the burning of fossil fuels should make more high-energy unstable air, which is conducive to hail forming, global storms pelting roofs, cars...
3 planets will line up in the night sky tonight: Here’s where to look for the mini planetary parade
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Planets shine above the western horizon at sunset. | Credit: Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesDon't miss Jupiter, Venus and Mercury put on a...
Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Glowing laser beams cut through the cosmos, pointing to the center of the Milky Way galaxy. | Credit: A. Berdeu/ESOFour glowing laser beams blasting through open...
In the lowest place on Earth, a sea is rapidly dying — and no one can agree how to save it
The motorboat cut through the aquamarine water of the Dead Sea, past dazzling-white formations forged from salt crystals. Jake Ben Zaken, the boat captain, pointed to a patch of darker water nearby indicating a sinkhole beneath the seabed. These are both signs of an...
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA[embedded content]Two cosmonauts will venture into the void today (May 27), and you can watch the action live.Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, of...
NASA’s moon base plans include landers, buggies and drones for 2028 mission
NASA announces plan to build moon base 03:26NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the April's Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew around the moon, traveling deeper into space than the Apollo moon...
NASA shares its ‘moon base’ plan as the Artemis program aims for a sustained human presence on the lunar surface
NASA officials on Tuesday detailed the space agency’s plans to establish a lunar base, where astronauts could live and work long-term with the ultimate goal of studying the moon and its origins, as well as how best to send the first humans to Mars.“America is...
Artemis moon base will cover ‘hundreds of square miles’ with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASANASA is definitely thinking big on the moon.The U.S. space agency plans to build a crewed lunar base over the next decade or so via its Artemis program —...