Indian scientists join world’s biggest sky survey that could transform our understanding of the universe

Pune: One of the world’s most ambitious astronomical surveys has officially begun, with Indian scientists playing a key role ...

A Dazzling Census of Our Cosmos Begins

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky. The newest wide-field image captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which will capture the southern ...
New Scientist

The most detailed survey of the universe ever conducted starts now

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is beginning its extraordinary survey of the southern sky, which will use the largest ...

How a team of engineers a built the most spectacular museum exhibit in the solar system

The California Science Center (CSC) has just unveiled the most impressive museum exhibit I’ve ever seen by a margin of 3 ...
Tech Xplore

When new nuclear power plants are worth it in Switzerland

In order for new nuclear power plants to be competitive in the future, the government would have to support nuclear ...

NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The salvage effort gets ...
Phys.org

One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus, this extra world might have triggered a violent ...
Wall Street Journal

The Science of Talking to Strangers

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. Photo: Mike Segar/Abdul Saboor/Reuters Human beings are highly social creatures, made happier and ...
The Conversation

My unsung hero of science: William Adams, the Bombay bureaucrat whose vision of a solar future was dashed by colonial conservatism

William Adams was inspired by reading about French mathematician Augustin Mouchot’s solar-powered invention in 1866. Interfoto History/Alamy William Adams was entranced by energy. As a young man, his ...
ZDNet

Is plug-in solar legal in your state? How to check before setting one up at home

Plug-in solar systems are an alternative to large, professionally installed rooftop solar. The US regulatory system for utilities wasn't built for plug-and-play solar setups, so it's taking time for ...
Forbes

Trump Fired The Entire National Science Board. Here's Why That Matters

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. SOCORRO, NM - 1999: These twenty-seven moveable antennas, known as the Very Large Array, is ...
New York Post

2 ‘intense’ solar flares in just 7 hours, the strongest in months, knock out radio signals on Earth: NASA

Talk about a heated situation. The sun unleashed two colossal solar flares within seven hours of each other this week, triggering radio blackouts across parts of Earth. Solar flares are strong, ...