An Ancient Asteroid Smashed Into Jupiter's Moon Ganymede and Tipped It Over, Study Finds
The cataclysmic impactor was 20 times the size of the rock that wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth
Scientists Discover 'Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean Floor Generated—Surprisingly—by Lumps of Metal
Researchers found that electric currents from polymetallic nodules are behind this alchemy—the same minerals that deep-sea miners are targeting
Earth Reached Its Hottest Day on Record Twice in a Row This Week
The global average surface temperature soared to 17.15 degrees Celsius on Monday, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a short-lived record set on Sunday
The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Jupiter
The giant planet is a world of extremes
The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Mercury
Only two robotic missions have made it to the Swift Planet, but they were crucial for upending many false assumptions of that sun-scorched world
See the Messages NASA Will Send to Space on Its Upcoming Mission to Europa
A metal plate affixed to the Europa Clipper is engraved with a poem, tributes to scientists and waveforms representing the word "water" in 103 languages, among other drawings
The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Venus
Our sister planet’s cloudy exterior gave it an aura of mystery—until humanity developed the technology to probe past the veil
Paleontologists Discover Two New Shark Species From Fossils in Mammoth Cave National Park
The "active predators" prowled the oceans more than 325 million years ago, before the time of Pangea
The Moon Is Shrinking, Causing Moonquakes at a Potential NASA Landing Site, Study Finds
Though the risk to astronauts is low, the shaking could cause landslides and impact potential long-term settlements at the lunar south pole
These Entrancing Maps Capture Where the World's Rivers Go
Cartographer Robert Szucs uses satellite data to make stunning art that shows which oceans waterways empty into
One Liter of Bottled Water May Contain 240,000 Tiny Plastic Fragments
A new technique reveals that the liquid may contain 10 to 1000 times more plastic pieces than previously thought
The Six Biggest Takeaways From COP28
The United Nations climate change conference drew praise for new pledges and criticism for watered-down language
The Ten Best Science Books of 2023
From stories on the depths of the ocean to the stars in the sky, these are the works that moved us the most this year
The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Mars
Scientists have learned a lot since they started sending crafts and rovers to our red neighbor
How Swaths of Invasive Grass Made Maui's Fires So Devastating
Scientists have long warned that Hawaii's cover of nonnative shrubs is kindling waiting to burn
Mud Cracks on Mars Hint at Conditions That Could Have Formed Life Long Ago
Hexagonal ridges on the Red Planet's surface suggest an ancient cycle of wet and dry periods, ideal for creating molecules necessary for cells
Fossil of Tiny, Extinct Whale Discovered in Egypt, Named for King Tut
The species was around the size of a bottlenose dolphin and thrived 41 million years ago
The Ten Best Science Books of 2022
From a detective story on the origins of Covid-19 to a narrative that imagines a fateful day for dinosaurs, these works affected us the most this year
The Five Big Ways the James Webb Telescope Will Help Astronomers Understand the Universe
The highly awaited observatory is set to break new ground in many areas of astronomical research
Fourteen Ways That Spiders Use Their Silk
From making parachutes to building scuba tanks, the arachnids have come up with some fascinating creations
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