NASA excels at bold projects. Consider the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is rewriting cosmology and revealing profound insights into stellar evolution, along with precious views of our own ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA is gearing up to launch its next major mission: OSIRIS-REx ...

NASA researchers are planning future missions to bring the ancient rock home to Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Over the ...

The Center for Scientific Integrity — the non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch — has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing ...

Researchers have published the first major results from the American Gut Project -- a crowdsourced, global citizen science effort. The project is the largest published study to date of the human ...

After months of turmoil over the future of a vaunted mission to bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth, NASA has its verdict on Mars Sample Return. The space agency is “committed” to bringing ...

Congratulations! You have been assigned a science fair project! Some of you may not think that’s so great. So why should you be congratulated when the whole idea of doing an entire science project on ...

Project 2025, the sweeping right-wing blueprint for a new kind of U.S. presidency, would sabotage science-based policies that address climate change, the environment, abortion, health care access, ...

How many shells are there on this stretch of beach? What sorts of insects live in the park? What fraction of the cars that drive past my house are silver? There are all sorts of questions involving ...