The highly anticipated launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is facing yet another delay before it can lift off the launchpad.Heralded to be the premier space science observatory of the next decade, the telescope is now expected to launch…
The Omicron coronavirus variant is spreading at a rate not seen with previous variants, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned, adding that the tendency to dismiss it as mild is concerning.Speaking during a news conference on Tuesday,…
As the rapidly heating planet alters the landscape of the Arctic region up north, scientists have discovered disturbing and alarming signs at the southern end of the planet, particularly in one of the ice shelves safeguarding the Antarctic's so-called "Doomsday…
Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has successfully flown through the sun's corona, or upper atmosphere,…
From extreme melt events to an influx of beaver colonies in Alaska, and rain falling at the summit of Greenland for the first time on record, the Arctic region showed clear symptoms of an ailing planet over the past year.A…
There is a slumbering giant at the heart of our galaxy and occasionally, it wakes up and has an outburst.Astronomers have found evidence of this activity from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.The black hole,…
There is a new comet in town, and December is your only chance to see it before disappears forever. Astronomers say that Comet Leonard is our best and brightest comet to see in 2021.The comet was first discovered in January…
The calendar of annual meteor showers saves one of its best for last.The Geminids will light up the night sky Monday night into Tuesday morning, and NASA calls this shower "one of the best and most reliable" for its bright,…
Astronauts need to be in unparalleled physical and mental shape to handle the rigors of space -- writer Tom Wolfe famously described it as the "right stuff" in his 1979 book of the same name. NASA's latest class of would-be…
This dinosaur could sprint at speeds as swift as the world's fastest human.Theropods were carnivorous dinosaurs that ran on two legs. Their feet had three toes with sharp claws, similar to some dinosaurs like velociraptors that are depicted in movies.Using…
Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is the first example of a crucifixion in northern Europe.The skeleton of a man with a nail through his heel was discovered in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, east England, by experts from Albion Archaeology, it was…
The bones of an extinct reptile tell a story of how this ancient creature took an 8-foot leap of faith in the air to take flight, new research has revealed.The pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus, the largest known flying animal that ever lived,…
A planet has been found orbiting in a double-star system that is so hot and massive that some astronomers didn't think a planet could exist around it.The giant exoplanet, or planet located outside of our solar system, was discovered orbiting…
French authorities have released a Saudi man detained on Tuesday, after mistaking him for one of the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The 33-year-old was detained at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport before his flight to Riyadh at 9:30 a.m. local…
We're about to get a new perspective on some of the most extreme objects in the universe. In the early morning hours Thursday, NASA launched its Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission, or IXPE, to measure X-rays released by black holes…
A Saudi man detained in Paris has "nothing to do" with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi authorities said Tuesday, responding to local media reports.The 33-year-old was detained at Charles de Gaulle Airport before his flight at 9:30 a.m.…
The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it's real.NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration could revolutionize the way the agency communicates with future missions across the solar system.These lasers could lead to more…
There is a new comet in town, and December is your only chance to see it before disappears forever. Astronomers say that Comet Leonard is our best and brightest comet to see in 2021.The comet was first discovered in January…
Every time new climate research is published, news headlines are posted or tweets are shared, a giant steel box perched on a granite plain in the Australian state of Tasmania will be recording it all.With its thick steel walls, battery…
Ten men and women are ready to begin training so they can journey to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond. The new astronaut class of 2021 was announced by NASA on Monday.The 10 astronaut candidates, the first new…
