A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

The James Webb Space Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting researchers to observe and study moon formation as it happens, while ...

Nearly twice as many women as men are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The most obvious explanation — the fact that females have longer lifespans — never felt quite satisfying. Maybe, some ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The baby exoplanet WISPIT 2b appears as a small purple dot beside a bright white dust ring ...

The baby planet has created a gap in the ring of material as it grows into a fully-realized planet. A baby planet has been spotted nestled inside a ring around its young parent star, offering a ...

Researchers who study trends in illicit drug use are concerned that sales of a potent class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes are on the rise globally. The opioid class of drugs includes heroin ...

Where does your Windows wallpaper come from? Did you find it online or download it through an app? You should check. A stark new warning for PC users paints an alarming picture. That harmless-looking ...

The activities to complete Plato started soon after the spacecraft arrived at ESA's Test Center in the Netherlands. On 9 September, in a dedicated clean room, engineers prepared for the delicate ...

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications as "ice giants?" This is what a recent study accepted for publication in ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer. With the number of exoplanets having ...

Three scientists who developed a class of extremely porous materials known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Susumu Kitagawa at Kyoto University in ...