NEW YORK – NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite has taken some photos of the Mars surface that resemble a bear’s face. The satellite took pictures of some...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How...
The future of space is collaborative. Delighted to sign the U.S.-Japan Framework Agreement on Space Cooperation today with Prime Minister Kishida and Foreign Minister Hayashi. pic.twitter.com/MGOMY6FN2B...
By at least one measure, China now leads the world in producing high-quality science. My research shows that Chinese scholars now publish a larger fraction of...
Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to be heading back to visit the...
Real-world technology is often foretold by science fiction. In 1927, characters in the film Metropolis made video calls to each other. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry...
Artist’s impression of Starship cruising past the Moon. Space Exploration Technologies Corp./SpaceX Flickr, CC BY-SA It’s been an eventful year for space exploration, with successes including...
NEW DELHI – India’s maiden human space flight – the H-1 mission – is to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2024, India’s Minister of State...
Philip Myrtorp / Unsplash You probably know the feeling: you’re sitting on a plane, happily cruising through the sky, when suddenly the seat-belt light comes on...
Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was spewing out steam....