Science

When we imagine science aboard the International Space Station, it is easy to picture complex machines, glowing screens, and astronauts performing advanced procedures. But sometimes, the most revealing experiments look surprisingly simple. A recent moment inside the ISS showed something almost poetic. A handful of tiny metal ball bearings gently drifting around a larger one, … Read more

It’s been a while since the James Webb Space Telescope last delivered a jaw-dropping discovery, but this one was worth the patience. Astronomers now have the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet beyond our solar system has an atmosphere. That alone is a big deal, and the planet in question is anything but ordinary. … Read more