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2023 will see the launch of new rockets, the return of OSIRIS-REx, and a mission to Jupiter that could help us find extraterrestrial life.

The detection of two celestial interlopers careening through our solar system has scientists eagerly anticipating more.

These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.

Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.

Coupled with 3D printing, biomining the Moon or Mars with microbes could sustain human colonies without constant re-supply from Earth.

If you’ve looked for a job recently, you may have encountered the personality test. You may also have wondered if it was backed by scientific research.

Dark matter hasn’t been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?

Astro Mechanica’s “turboelectric” jet engines offer a way to transform both commercial flights and space launches.

65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth. Not only did Jupiter not stop it, but it most likely caused the impact itself.

As the skills gap grows, learning and development can help ensure the viability of an organization’s talent well into the future.

Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.

According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.

Long overlooked, menstrual stem cells could have important medical applications, including diagnosing endometriosis

The ANITA experiment found cosmic rays shooting out of Antarctica. One interpretation claims “parallel Universes,” but is that right?

Seven years ago, an outburst in a distant galaxy brightened and faded away. Afterward, a new supermassive black hole jet emerged, but how?

The writer’s tragic death at age 46 has led many to view him as a tortured artist. Here’s why this label is reductive.

A Carrington-magnitude event would kill millions, and cause trillions of dollars in damage. Sadly, it isn’t even the worst-case scenario.

Newton thought that gravitation would happen instantly, propagating at infinite speeds. Einstein showed otherwise; gravity isn’t instant.

For his new book, “The Ghost Lab,” Matt Hongoltz-Hetling spent time with paranormal investigators to understand their relationship with science and society.

We can’t always change our horrible bosses — but we can transform the ways we interact with them.

The electromagnetic force can be attractive, repulsive, or “bendy,” but is always mediated by the photon. How does one particle do it all?

More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.

Joseph Campbell argued that nearly every myth can be boiled down to a hero’s journey. Was he right?

The COSMOS-Web has just finalized their release of their full field: larger and deeper than any other JWST program. Here’s what’s inside.

“You’ll be able to fly twice as fast as a Boeing or Airbus, and it’ll be like the cost of flying business today.”

Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.

It rotates on its axis, revolves around the Sun, moves throughout the Milky Way, and gets carried by our galaxy all throughout space.

The Foo Fighters are at the dead center of the map, so all the other bands are happier, sadder, angrier, or hornier.

Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.

In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?