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Majestic First Images from Rubin Observatory Show Universe in More Detail Than Ever BeforeAstronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from…

‘It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining on the buildings. Everything down there was bright – very, very bright. You could see the city…

It’s almost 50 years since one of the strangest records ever made was launched – not into the pop charts but into the farthest reaches of…

SpaceX’s Starship Explodes in Texas During Preflight TestingThe latest catastrophic explosion of a Starship upper stage is a significant setback for SpaceXBy Mike Wall & SPACE.com…

My friend and former colleague David Hopkinson, who has died aged 89, was director of the Medical Research Council’s human biochemical genetics unit at University College…

Humpback Whales Are Blowing ‘Bubble Rings’ at Boats. Are They Trying to Communicate?Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings…

When it comes to social climbing, it’s not who you know, or how many people you know, it’s about knowing who knows whom, research suggests.Experts studying…

Daring Hurricane Hunter Flights Make Forecasts More Accurate. But They Could Face CutsNOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, but President…

Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government’s £650m investment in…

This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors.Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m…