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February 23, 2024 3 min read Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April’s Total Solar Eclipse Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to the sun this April—right after North America is treated to a total solar eclipse By Meghan Bartels edited by Jeanna Bryner 12P/Pons–Brooks is a Halley-type periodic comet with an orbital period of … Read more

Update 3/15/2025 9:39pm EST: Friends of Big Bear Valley has confirmed that internet-famous bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have lost one of their three eaglets. A statement shared Saturday read: “We are sad to let everyone know that one of Jackie and Shadow’s chicks did not make it through the severe winter storm that brought … Read more

Explore A small dusky brown horse high-steps through the snow. A dusting of powder accents his coat like sifted sugar. I crouch in the saddle in a thick snowsuit, gathering the reins as we trek into a blinding white wilderness about 30 minutes outside of Iceland’s capital city Reykjavík. Though the temperature dips into the … Read more

Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are pretty good at making the non-biological parts work, we’ve always had a problem with keeping the organic components alive and well. This is why machines driven by biological muscles have always been rather small and … Read more

Manganese nodules on the sea floor seem to be a source of oxygen – and may have been formed by bacteria Science History Images / Alamy Metallic nodules found deep in the sea seem to be producing significant amounts of oxygen by some unknown mechanism, researchers revealed last year. Now, we may have found out … Read more

Understanding fluids requires mathematical tools that operate at different scales KARL GAFF / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Mathematicians have finally succeeded in unifying the laws of physics that govern the motions of particles at different scales. Their efforts resolve a question set by mathematician David Hilbert in 1900 as part of an ambitious programme for all … Read more

Black holes are perhaps the most nightmarishly fascinating features of our universe. Like long dark tunnels to nowhere (or giant garbage disposals), these mysterious fixtures in space exert a gravitational pull so gripping that nothing close by — not even light — can escape from being swallowed. What goes in, (mostly) never comes out. (More … Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair’s return after nine long months. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out. Arrival is set … Read more

Dynamical scaling and resource estimates for large-scale quantum simulation. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado6285 A team of quantum computer researchers at quantum computer maker D-Wave, working with an international team of physicists and engineers, is claiming that its latest quantum processor has been used to run a quantum simulation faster than could be done with … Read more

At universities, spring is a season of faculty hiring, Ph.D. acceptances, and postdoctoral appointments. But this year has become a season of turmoil and trepidation at institutions that rely on federal funding for science and technology research, as the Trump administration wages a highly publicized war on government waste that feels, to some in academia, … Read more