In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner hosted a press conference at One World Observatory, the atrium topping the slick skyscraper at the center of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex. Milner had grown ...

Astronomy is the oldest science, and the sky is among our first laboratories. Long before the written word, people erected stone circles to frame the first dawn rays of the summer solstice, etched ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, was among a select group of Democrats who then-Vice President Kamala Harris sought to bolster via a top secret "Stars Project," the 2024 White House hopeful’s new ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings. The lopsided ...

J ohn Moult remembers the time he was floored by an algorithm. Moult, one of the organizers of the Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) competitions and a computational biologist ...

"Dancing with the Stars" returned for its 34th season, celebrating the show's 20th anniversary. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba was absent from the premiere due to illness but plans to return next week. No ...

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection voted to approve a $30 project from Parallel Products. The company, also doing business as South ...

Gretchen T. Goldman is the president and chief executive of the Union of Concerned Scientists, based in Washington DC. The scientific community needs to recognize these trends and fight back in every ...

An experiment that transformed lead into gold, a satellite designed to manufacture drugs in space, and many other fascinating projects all took home trophies at this year’s Science Fair. reading time ...

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will consider Thursday shifting $1.15 million from a Smith Reynolds Airport landfill environmental initiative back into an economic development reserves ...

Astronomers once struggled to measure the true size of the universe. Then came the discovery of Type Ia supernovae — explosions so consistent in brightness they could serve as “standard candles.” By ...