Science

Comet 3I/ATLAS reaches its closest point to Earth tonight: How to see it in the sky and online

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected by astronomers, will make its closest approach to Earth overnight between Thursday and Friday (Dec. 18 to 19), when it gets...

30 models of the universe proved wrong by final data from groundbreaking cosmology telescope

After a multi-decade-year mission to understand the nature of the universe, a telescope perched in the mountain plateaus...

New telescope images prove comet 3I/ATLAS is getting brighter and greener on its way to Earth

New telescope images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS confirm that the mysterious object has gotten brighter and greener...

This super-bright star could be the next naked-eye supernova visible from Earth

An incredibly luminous star system that has long baffled astronomers could soon light up the sky with the...

The Crystal Current: Can Gemstones Unlock a New Kind of Electricity for Electromechanical Systems?

In the evolving world of science and engineering, the search for alternative materials is intensifying. From the perspective...

Scientists find rare tusked whale alive at sea for the first time — and shoot it with a crossbow

Rare tusked whales have been identified and photographed alive at sea for the first time following a herculean research effort off the shores of...

Scientists reawaken exhausted T cells to supercharge cancer immunity

A new study has identified a molecular cue that cancer cells use to exhaust the T cells responsible for destroying them, and the findings...

Sunken city discovered in Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road — until an earthquake wiped it out

Archaeologists have discovered a drowned medieval city beneath the waters of a salt lake in northeast Kyrgyzstan. The location was an important stop on one...

New drug could prevent diabetes complications not fixed with blood sugar control, study hints

An experimental drug compound could prevent and treat some complications of diabetes, such as poor wound healing and rampant inflammation. And it works regardless...

New prediction breakthrough delivers results shockingly close to reality

An international group of mathematicians led by Lehigh University statistician Taeho Kim has developed a new way to generate predictions that line up more...

Data Centers: The Past, Present and Future of Digital Infrastructure

In today’s digital-first world, data centers are the invisible engines that power almost everything we do from streaming movies to running online businesses and...