PASADENA, CA – January 13, 2026 – The GMTO Corporation, the international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, today announced it has appointed Daniel T. Jaffe as president, succeeding ...

For some, Halloween is starting to rival Christmas for setting up elaborate holiday decorations. Homeowners now spend many hours─and sometimes dollars─creating ghoulish displays of lit pumpkins, ...

For the first time, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the origins of a bizarre, record-breaking radio signal that flashed past Earth earlier this year. Tracking the ...

Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Friday that federal government would not negotiate in public with the United States, but added that Canada is the “only country in the world” outside of ...

Using spectroscopy, scientists can identify species during fieldwork, without the need for lengthy and costly analyses such as genetic testing or bioacoustics. Studies show a reliability rate of 80%, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Saturday, as locals opposed to the federal immigration raids clashed with law ...

If the object really is Planet Nine, it would be larger than Neptune and exist 700 times further from the sun than Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Using two infrared space telescopes and a 23-year gap, scientists may have spotted a mysterious, slow-moving object beyond Neptune. Reading time 3 minutes A team of astronomers says it has identified ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said his nation is “not afraid,” in his first public comments on the escalating trade war with the United States, as Beijing raised tariffs on US goods to 125%. The ...