Technology

The science mission will launch the first drone to fly on another planet, attempt making oxygen in space, and search for signs of...

Sharing photos and location details of rare bird sightings is boosting the birdwatching community. But some worry that the exposure...

How an obsession with space led to a partnership on the Perseverance rover—and the chance we could finally hear what our planetary...

NASA’s biggest and boldest rover attempts a momentous landing on February 18. Here’s how to watch—and why you should.

These crawlers form clumps to protect the collective. Understanding their movement gives engineers a model for shape-shifting robot...

For millennia, humans have been chopping down trees and harvesting plants. Lab-grown plant material might change that.

It's a beautiful day to go outside with a kite or a balloon, and compute how wind speed alters their flight.

Researchers only drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. Instead, they found animals that weren't supposed to be...

Now that we’ve gotten a look at the genomes of archaic humans, researchers are trying to determine whether our differences are due...

The general theory of relativity states that black holes have only three observable properties; additional ones, or “hair,” do not...