SpaceX’s Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. “LeoLabs ...

The book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott explores the concept of physical dimensions through characters who encounter higher-dimensional beings. The protagonist, “A. Square,” ...

When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact constantly shifting. Satellites, asteroids and interstellar objects pass by.

This might be more than a tail of fire and ice? Comet 3I/ATLAS has displayed a variety of atypical traits, from its bizarre trajectory through our solar system to a complex jet structure. Now, Harvard ...

Jason Owen claimed Martin Toha, the CEO of the credit data startup Array, promised him a large equity stake. A judge threw out Owen's case, saying the former chief strategy officer should've gotten it ...

For generations, UFO enthusiasts have longed for claims of aliens visiting Earth to be seriously investigated by scientists. Now they are getting their wish. This month prominent peer-reviewed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. The galleries in the new virtual museum are organized by region: ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun." ...

Most of our knowledge about the Solar System’s formation and evolution comes from the study of extraterrestrial rock samples called chondritic meteorites. These rocks, which are fragments of asteroids ...

Thirty years ago, Java 1.0 revolutionized software development. Every Java demo featured a simple "Hello World" dialog window with the only available option: Java's Abstract Window Toolkit, the first ...

Every day in the U.S., at least one patient leaves a surgery with something unintentionally left behind. From sponges used to absorb blood to broken surgical tools, these forgotten objects can linger ...