April 22, 2025 • Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost.

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain ...

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This study comes as NASA is preparing to launch its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in May 2027 with the goal of using its Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) to identify and study exoplanets that would ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The National Science ...

While records of the meteor showers date back 2700 years, NASA said that the pieces of space debris interact with the atmosphere to create the Lyrids, which originate from comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher ...

Saturday: This week is International Dark Sky Week. Lights that are aimed upwards or not properly capped illuminate the atmosphere and obscure dim objects. Having too much light shining where it ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A shootout in front of a family courthouse on Monday between several Texas deputies and a man with a handgun wounded one of the deputies as well as the suspect, authorities said ...

“When we take images [of Altjira], we just see two objects, and we can track those two objects gravitationally,” said Benjamin Proudfoot, an astronomer at the Florida Space Institute who led ...