Science

TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system named after the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope which astronomers used to discover it. It is located 39 light...

President-elect Donald J. Trump has not taken office yet, but people are already wondering what his presidency will be like. While most worry about...

The U.S. government paid $500 million to the United Nations Green Climate Fund on Tuesday. The contribution made through the State Department could be the last of...

A new set of scientific integrity guidelines, announced today, wants to give researchers more leeway in their communications with the media as a way...

SpaceX is going to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, carrying 10  Iridium communication satellites. The spacecraft will lift off at 1:22 p.m...

There are numerous ways to prepare one’s body for pregnancy. However, conceiving isn’t as simple as halting contraceptive methods. To some, conception can take...

On Tuesday, the team responsible for NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft announced they had to perform an emergency maneuver to steer clear of Phobos, one of...

A research team from Stanford University released a document detailing their experiments with the flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (or TPP). They plan to include...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced their Doomsday Clock, which marks the possible countdown to global disaster, 30 seconds closer to its dreaded...

Unknown space junk has hit and damaged part of the International Space Station (ISS). When the damage that occurred is unknown and currently being...