Cosmological crisis: We don't know if the universe is round or flat

An analysis of data from the Planck space observatory suggests the universe is spherical, which would…

Boeing’s Starliner Completes Pad Abort Test for Commercial Crew

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed a critical safety milestone on Monday in an end-to-end test of…

Australian government must declare a water emergency, says expert

Politicians using drought relief to assist farmers in need are ignoring effective and long-lasting solutions to…

Venice gondoliers dive into murky canals for nocturnal clean-up

Venice’s gondoliers have been swapping boating hats for scuba helmets and diving into canals in a…

Key facts behind Indian capital's toxic smog

Millions of people in New Delhi are suffering in what the Indian capital’s chief minister has…

Maxar Technologies Announces Launch of $1.250 Billion Senior Secured Notes Offering

Maxar Technologies today announced the commencement of a private offering of $1.250 billion aggregate principal amount…

A decade probing the sun

Ten years ago, a small satellite carrying 17 new devices, science instruments and technology experiments was…

Revealing interior temperature of Antarctic ice sheet

As ESA’s SMOS satellite celebrates 10 years in orbit, yet another result has been added to…

25 years of science in the solar wind

In the early 1980s, heliophysicists needed answers. They wanted to learn how to protect astronauts and…

Image: Hubble views a not-so-lonely galaxy

Galaxies may seem lonely, floating alone in the vast, inky blackness of the sparsely populated cosmos—but…