It was to swoop past 2022 OB5, a rocky asteroid island adrift in a starry sea, and take photographs of it. Odin successfully left its ride, headed into space—and vanished. The asteroid scout had ...

Shock waves from tiny black holes in the early universe could explain how antimatter became so rare while matter is common.

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The early universe is absolutely so far outside our understanding of how the world works it's hard to describe in words. Back ...

Modern oil tankers carry some of the most volatile cargo on Earth, yet catastrophic explosions are virtually unheard of. The answer lies in a surprisingly elegant system that uses the ship's own ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a ...

Foams have long baffled scientists because liquid drains from them far sooner than theory predicts. New research shows the reason: the bubbles don’t stay put—they rearrange, opening pathways for ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So ...

Three prominent activists have filed a lawsuit against the LAPD, claiming an officer shot at them from close range with ...

An image of a tentacled growth in space has caused an uproar online with freaked-out viewers imploring astronauts to “kill it with fire.” Viral photos showed the floating, purple egg-shaped object ...