Robert Goddard, assisted by his wife Esther, sent the first liquid-fueled rocket aloft on March 16, 1926. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

Watch the moment a star explodes in a supernova — something scientists have never directly witnessed like this before. The footage captures the early stages of the explosion, offering a rare glimpse ...

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 ...

Apple’s Liquid Glass is the centerpiece of its sweeping design overhaul introduced in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, marking its most unified visual update across platforms ever. Debuted at WWDC on June 9, ...

Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of catching ...

Even if armed hostilities in Iran and Ukraine stop in 2026, three things still will be true. • Iran will still hate the United States. • Vladimir Putin’s vision for Russia will be expansionist. • ...

A meteor exploded Tuesday morning north of Cleveland over Lake Erie. The American Meteor Society received hundreds reports of a visible meteor from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Kentucky; it was ...

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern ...