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Dispatches from Tokyo on the human migration to space said to arrive in the 2040s — and the technologies shaping it.
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New research suggests that Earth's earliest crust was repeatedly melted and reformed by intense cosmic bombardment, delaying the planet's stabilization and the emergence of life-supporting conditions.
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A recent analysis of a Martian rock sample reveals unexpected concentrations of carbon, prompting scientists to reconsider the planet's geological past and potential for life. The origin remains a profound question.
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Recent astronomical observations reveal exoplanets in such extreme proximity to their host stars that their magnetic fields merge, creating a dynamic, volatile environment unlike anything in our solar system.
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A NASA scientist's argument for human habitation on a Saturnian moon prompts reflection on the immense challenges and profound implications of building new societies in the outer solar system.
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A new generation of radio telescope in the Nevada Desert promises to transform our understanding of the cosmos, moving from conceptual sketches to detailed photographs of distant phenomena.
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Theoretical physics suggests primordial black holes, interacting with 'string axions,' could be a significant source of the universe's elusive dark matter, forming 'micro-boson stars.'