British scientists have launched a crew of microscopic worms to the International Space Station in a pioneering experiment that could help unlock the secrets of long-duration space travel—and support ...

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The deep interiors of ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune may contain a previously unknown form of matter, based on new computational research by Carnegie scientists Cong Liu and Ronald Cohen.

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The film has inspired online argument about many topics, but much of the debate has centered on the film’s science.

Based on hard science fiction, a genre that prioritizes scientific accuracy, the blockbuster gets a lot right but misses a ...

These findings suggest that the absence of past detections does not mean discovery is imminent. If extraterrestrial ...

From Black Mirror to The Twilight Zone, these sci-fi anthology series stand out for delivering consistent, thought-provoking episodes across the genre.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

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Whiteson’s opening and closing discussion in his article made me think of physicist Werner Heisenberg’s comment that “We have to remember that what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed ...