A bright ‘Sun-skirting’ comet will grace southern skies this week. Here’s how to see it
Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is…
The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company’s Crew…
Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking…
Blinking radio pulses from space hint at a cosmic object that ‘shouldn’t exist’
When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in…
‘AI agents’ promise to arrange your finances, do your taxes, book your holidays – and put us all at risk
Over the past two years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated public attention. This year…
False alerts — like the one sent during the Greater Los Angeles wildfires — can undermine trust and provoke anxiety
The wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area are creating emergency situations that are shaping…
Americans’ experiences with news on TikTok: A closer look
(Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) TikTok has become an important news source for…
Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions
President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 amid a devastating pandemic, with over 24…
new wiring material could transform chip technology
The rapid technological advancements of our world have been enabled by our capacity to design…
Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer
Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian…