Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star ...

God of Chaos asteroid Apophis will pass Earth on April 13, 2029, in a safe flyby. Three missions—ESA’s Ramses, JAXA’s DESTINY+, and NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX—will study the asteroid’s structure, orbit, and ...

Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment as the equinox arrives. The Earth will experience about the same amount ...

On May 12, 2025, Buddha Day, Buddhist monks and scientific researchers gathered to pay tribute to Yala Glacier in Nepal's ...

This video showcases the Mars Rover Perseverance and its helicopter companion, Ingenuity, marking the first helicopter flight on another planet. It features smoke simulation by Joel Adams and was ...

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...

Scientists can now predict Mars' green auroras - glowing signs of solar storms - which could protect future astronauts on the ...

Astronomers are pulling back the curtain on two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how planets are born and how invisible ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study ...

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Roger Wiens has been a Mars explorer since he was 11 years old. He now leads the SuperCam instrument team on NASA’s Mars ...

How billionaire Wendy Schmidt became a crucial funder of science and climate research amid political rollbacks—backing ocean discovery, data access, and storytelling.