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Researchers have developed a technology to invisibly transmit information disguised as background thermal radiation. Using a phenomenon called “negative light,” they transferred 100 kilobits of data per second in a way that was completely…

Yes, the ~60-meter space rock discovered near the end of 2024 that was once estimated to have the highest chance (3.1%) of any such asteroid to actually strike the Earth in the not-too-distant future (2032) — with the force of a…

Scientists report chemical evidence that fragments of hemoglobin, the molecule responsible for carrying oxygen in blood, may still exist inside certain dinosaur fossils. Using a specialized spectroscopy technique, researchers identified…

Why ships in the Strait of Hormuz can’t trust their navigation screens

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One of NASA’s biggest upcoming astrophysics missions has been stopped in its tracks, and the project’s leader is blaming mismanagement at the space agency caused by last year’s budget confusion.

AXIS, the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite, was…

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is up to 12 billion years old and unlike anything found in our solar system, new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations suggest.

Comet 3I/ATLAS became a celestial celebrity last year after the interstellar…

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page.

Grab something circular, like a cup, measure the distance around the circle, and divide that by the distance across the widest part….

In the U.S.- and China-led race to put astronauts back on the moon, there is, in fact, one overlapping goal: establishing a sustainable, permanent, crewed moon base. But each of the two nations’ specific plans to achieve that moonshot are far…

War in Iran triggers an unprecedented disruption in global oil