Skip to content

Science News

Stories 6Newest first

Latest

A white space capsule floats on calm ocean water beside settling orange-and-white parachutes, with a recovery ship on the horizon.

ScienceOct 8, 2026

Space station crew returns to Earth with perfect splashdown

Crew 12 dropped out of orbit and returned to Earth on Thursday, one day after undocking from the International Space Station, in a meteor-like fireball of concentrated reentry heat, safely splashing…

Aol

Aol, New York Post and 10 more

More in Science

A tall stack of printed code listings on a desk in a vintage computer lab, with mainframe lights glowing and a full moon visible through the window.

ScienceOct 7, 2026

Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and 10 more

An old giant tortoise with a weathered, ridged shell grazes on a sunlit island lawn, with trees and a misty ocean horizon behind it.

ScienceOct 7, 2026

Jonathan the Giant Tortoise Is 194 Years Old. He Just Had His Genome Sequenced.

The New York Times, Axios and 10 more

A small glowing crystal in a metal mount on a lab optics table, crossed by a thin violet laser beam amid mirrors and lenses.

ScienceOct 7, 2026

In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick

The New York Times, Fast Company and 6 more

Two mirror-image molecular models on a dark lab bench, with blurred glass flasks and medicine vials glowing in soft light behind them.

ScienceOct 7, 2026

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai

The New York Times, USA Today and 10 more

A snow-streaked volcanic island steaming under gray skies, with scattered penguins on sparse rocky slopes above a cold ocean.

ScienceOct 7, 2026

Inside an active Antarctic volcano, gentoo penguins are flourishing with climate change

CBS News, CNN and 7 more