1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (716+ words) WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique hellscape - covered with a perpetual ocean of magma and enveloped by a noxious and fiercely hot sulfur-rich…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago  (412+ words) Chinese scientists have engineered a clock so accurate it could lead to a redefinition of the second and an ultraprecise global time standard. The new optical clock is so accurate that it loses or gains less than one second over…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (632+ words) We could soon be able to "see" inside a neutron star and learn what extreme matter governed by exotic physics lurks there, thanks to the imprint of tidal interactions on gravitational waves emitted by pairs of neutron stars spiraling toward…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (267+ words) With NASA targeting April 1 at 6:24 p.m. for the launch of Artemis II, communities along Florida's Space Coast are preparing for a surge of visitors hoping to witness history. The mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the far…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (240+ words) A spectacular display of northern lights danced over Fairbanks, Alaska, on Saturday, March 14, as the University of Alaska Fairbanks had forecast high aurora activity in the region.This footage, filmed by Vincent Ledvina of theauroraguy.com, shows the auroras beaming…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (861+ words) Late last month, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced during a livestreamed press conference that the space agency would be making major changes to its Artemis program, downgrading its third mission from a human landing attempt to a test of its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (469+ words) Elon Musk's new AI data center has turned a formerly quiet Mississippi town into a noisy nightmare. The $20 billion facility, run by Musk's AI firm xAI, is powered by 27 methane gas turbines that run day and night, belching fumes and…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (364+ words) With our clocks already pushed ahead for the start of Daylight Saving Time, it's almost time to put the snow shovels away and reach for the gardening tools as the first day of spring 2026 arrives. Regardless of whether it's warm…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (789+ words) A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the fragile lump of mineral in May 2024, the deposit broke open, revealing yellow crystals…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (32+ words) The mission to take four astronauts around the moon could happen as soon as April 1st. The mission to take four astronauts around the moon could happen as soon as April 1st....