Science

NASA is introducing a new funding opportunity to accelerate academic research and technology development. The Minority University Research and Education Project Space Technology Artemis Research (M‑STAR) application window opened Thursday and will remain open through 11:59 p.m. EDT on...

A highly effective vaccine has long kept measles at bay in many parts of the world. But as childhood vaccination rates drop, leaving a growing population vulnerable to the extremely contagious virus, one question takes on new urgency: What’s...

NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA’s Ames Research Center...

MIT professor of physics Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is among 10 researchers worldwide to receive this year’s prestigious Kavli...

The rise of artificial intelligence is riding on the back of an enormous data center expansion. Data...

NASA introduced the four astronauts of the next Artemis moon program mission on Tuesday, kicking off a year or more of mission-specific training for the Artemis III crew.They are expected to launch into Earth orbit...

A period of unsettled weather brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to California’s Bay Area on May 27, 2026. That afternoon, a break in the clouds left downtown San Francisco and nearby communities beneath mostly cloud-free skies, allowing an astronaut...

Some fossilized filaments are giving Earth’s first flying vertebrates a shiny new makeover. At least one species of pterosaur shimmered in iridescent greens and magentas, scientists report May 10 at bioRxiv.org. The discovery reshapes what we know about the fearsome...

The silicon that forms the foundation of most computer chips has fundamental limits to how much power...

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet supersonic capabilities later this year.  NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less took off and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, reaching a top speed of approximately Mach 1.1 (713 mph) and...