All Science
- First LookNew 'moon king': Saturn passes Jupiter with 20-moon discovery
Scientists have discovered 82 moons are orbiting Saturn, making it the planet with the most known moons. Jupiter previously held the title with 79.
- First LookElon Musk unveils latest Starship designed to go to Mars
Elon Musk showed off the newest space ship Saturday at the SpaceX’s rocket development site in the remote village of Boca Chica, Texas.
- Pitch perfect? How culture shapes the way you hear music
Music is often called the universal language. But new research suggests that culture shapes how you hear music.
- Mars or bust: A comic
Sending humans to Mars is easy, except for the parts about getting there, landing safely, and surviving on the surface. That’ll take lots of science.
- Astronomers find water vapor on distant, temperate planet
A pair of papers published this week argue that water vapor is present on K2-18 b, a temperate planet some 111 light-years from Earth.
- It’s ‘tangible’: How ‘Sharpiegate’ touches chord on scientific integrity
The uproar over presidential intrusion on weather forecasting centers around both concrete details and the bipartisan value of public safety.
- The ExplainerThe ethics of stopping hurricanes: 3 questions
Hurricane Dorian moved northward along the coast of North Carolina Friday as a Category 1 storm. Could a nuclear bomb stop it?
- First LookHawaii telescope team looks to Spain as protests continue
While Hawaii's protested Mauna Kea is still the favored spot, the Thirty-Meter Telescope is now seeking a backup permit in Spain's Canary Islands.
- ‘It smells like gunpowder’: Astronauts tell of their time on the moon (audio)
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, our reporter interviews two of the 12 astronauts to set foot on the moon. Listen to their stories.
- Cover StoryApollo 11 at 50: How the moon landing changed the world
The moon landing advanced science, boosted the U.S. in its global competition with the Soviet Union, and opened up the possibilities of space travel.
- Lunar landing quiz
How much moon trivia do you know? Test your knowledge of lunar landing missions here.