Scientists have deployed new detectors for KM3NeT, a giant telescope that detects neutrinos from deep space. KM3NeT comprises ...

Every Christmas season, as in every Easter season, I retreat from bread and butter life, including revelry, to retreat as ...

Cady Coleman spent Christmas Day as far away from hearth and home as is humanely possible.

Thousands of professionals and students will gather to share the latest science and address key issues in weather, water, and ...

The film is the welcoming element of Dynamic Earth’s expansion project. In total, the project will provide visitors with new immersive experiences that unveil the captivating – and often unexplored ...

Experts sounded an alarm about the potentially lethal risks of creating mirror bacteria, synthetic organisms in which the ...

Dyson spheres of some kind may be built to harvest ... energy that couldn’t be solved by any source we are aware of on Earth. To address this, Dyson theorized, a civilization could surround ...

Dyson spheres and rings have always held a special fascination for me. The concept is simple: build a great big structure ...

first detailed in 1996 by economist Robin Hanson. The most distilled essence of the Great Filter argument is simple: Very few, if any, civilizations in the universe make it to the advanced spacefaring ...

The more I researched this, the more I wanted to know. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus published a book arguing that the Earth revolves around the Sun: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. This is ...