2025-04-17

Astronomers Report Increased Possibility of Life on Distant K2-18b Planet

With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers say they're closer than ever to confirming signs of life on a distant exoplanet. [...]

2025-04-16

Gayle King Defends Recent All-Female Blue Origin Flight After Critics' Jabs

The celebrity passengers landed safely, but Jeff Bezos nearly face-planted, and Wendy's tweeted jokes at Perry. [...]

2025-04-16

Scientists film a living colossal squid for the first time

Scientists have caught a colossal squid on camera in its natural environment for the very time, according to a report by the BBC. This happened around 100 years after the species was originally discov [...]

2025-04-16

RoboBee sticks the landing

New robotic landing gear draws on the crane fly's unique appendages for landing on uneven surfaces. [...]

2025-04-16

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

Workers for the National Civilian Community Corps were sent home due to “new operational parameters.” The program’s long-term fate is unclear. [...]

2025-04-16

The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to achieve this could be to bombard the Red Planet with water-rich asteroids. [...]

2025-04-16

Looking at the Universe’s dark ages from the far side of the Moon

Building an observatory on the Moon would be a huge challenge—but it would be worth it. [...]

2025-04-16

Aurora Borealis Might Be Visible in the Far North Skies Tonight

There's a chance for G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm tonight, NOAA space weather forecaster Shawn Dahl told CNET. [...]

2025-04-16

OpenAI's new o3 and o4-mini models are all about 'thinking with images'

A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models. The company today announced the public availability of o3 and o4-mini. Of the former, OpenAI says o3 is its mo [...]