What steps can researchers take to improve solar wind and radiation forecasts? This is what an upcoming research project hopes to address as a team of researchers will investigate Earth’s radiation ...

During Apollo 13, a near-exact replica helped engineers solve a life-threatening issue. Today, NASA still uses spacecraft duplicates to troubleshoot problems. Iran responds to Trump's threat of ...

The space ambitions of nation states and billionaires alike demand better sources of power, and a new startup founded by two Stanford PhDs may have the answer. Arinna, founded by CEO Koosha Nazif and ...

Astronomers say they have finally figured out the mysterious “little red dots,” first spotted in 2022 in images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The objects puzzled researchers because their ...

I read Benjamin Rachlin’s piece on space medicine with a mixture of curiosity and incredulity (“Future astronauts may say, ‘Boston, we have a problem,’ ” Ideas, Jan. 4). Is it really the best use of ...

The universe has never felt more talkative, yet more secretive. As 2026 unfolds, astronomers are armed with powerful telescopes, smarter algorithms, and deeper questions. New missions, powerful ...

Pickleball is catching on fast in Singapore, but complaints over noise and space are growing just as quickly. In land-scarce Singapore, how much room is there for a new sport? Steven Chia and Otelli ...

OXFORD – For decades, astrochemists have been looking for sulfur atoms in space and finding surprisingly little of the element that is a key ingredient to life. A new study could point to where it has ...

For years, scientists studying the chemistry of space have been puzzled by an odd problem—there simply isn’t as much sulfur floating around as expected. This element, essential for both planets and ...

A confined space, a limited number of suspects, a lack of contact with the outside world. These are the makings of a juicy murder mystery. They’re also eerily similar to conditions aboard the ...

An artist's concept shows the twin TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) in orbit. Their mission will help scientists learn about the connection between the ...