Dec 27 Vera Rubin, who spotted the first evidence of dark matter, dies at 88 By Nsikan Akpan Vera Rubin, a pioneer astrophysicist who discovered the first evidence for dark matter, passed away Sunday night at the age of 88. Continue reading
Dec 16 Seahorses are weird, and their genome knows why By Leigh Anne Tiffany To unlock the secrets of the seahorse, scientists have sequenced its genome for the first time. Continue reading
Dec 15 The gross ingredient that glowworms use to make sticky snares By Julia Griffin Glowworm use bioluminescent blue “butts” and a surprise ingredient in sticky threads to catch other insects for food. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 7:54 This sacred mountain is the focal point of a fight over a giant telescope By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 13 20-sided crystal, once thought impossible, found in meteorite By Kristin Hugo Researchers have found an entirely new, extreme type of quasicrystal with an icosahedral -- 20-sided -- symmetry. Continue reading
Dec 12 Here’s the first weather report for an exoplanet By Nsikan Akpan You may want to pack goggles and sunscreen before you visit HAT-P-7b, based on the first convincing report of weather on an exoplanet. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 5:53 Science’s most valuable prize puts spotlight on discovery By PBS News Hour The Breakthrough Prizes honor scientific achievements with the largest cash prizes in the field. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with science correspondent Miles O’Brien for more on this year’s winners. Continue watching
Dec 06 Big antlers shouldn’t exist. This math model explains why they do By Kristin Hugo Mathematicians tackle a question that once stumped Charles Darwin: Why do animals have antlers, manes and other ornaments?… Continue reading
Dec 01 ExoMars orbiter gets up close to the Red Planet By Leigh Anne Tiffany European scientists are getting new snapshots of the Red Planet thanks to the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Continue reading
Nov 30 Column: Our planet will suffer if Trump shutters NASA Earth science By David Biello The end of ice on Earth is merely one thing we won’t be able to monitor if NASA stops using satellites to look at our home, author David Biello writes… Continue reading