Swift, which spotted more than 2,000 cosmic explosions over a 22-year mission, fell back to Earth uncontrolled after a private boost rescue attempt failed.
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Hubble remains scientifically healthy but is losing altitude, prompting NASA to solicit private-sector proposals to extend its life.
The AI-identified natural compound promoted fat loss in animal studies without the digestive side effects common to existing weight-loss drugs.
Gas seeping above volcanic rifts in the Alba Mons region suggests Mars' interior is not geologically dead but merely dormant.
Bournemouth University research indicates the ruler central to the Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 43 was a woman, rewriting early Roman British history.
The assemblage, thought to be at least 19,000 years old, is described as one of the largest collections of Paleolithic cave art found in Mediterranean Iberia.
The finding could change dietary guidance for children diagnosed with peanut allergy based on testing alone.
SLAC researchers confirmed the long-theorized third magnetic type, while separate work showed a mechanical squeeze can alter altermagnet properties.
The discovery in pristine asteroid material adds to evidence that the building blocks of life formed in space billions of years ago.
Johns Hopkins research suggests early-universe star collisions could explain both the mysterious Little Red Dots and the growth of supermassive black holes.
Europe's planetary defense spacecraft is closing on the binary asteroid system to study the aftermath of NASA's 2022 deflection test.
Atypical weather conditions drove the seasonal ozone hole to an unusually large size, though scientists say the layer remains on a recovery path.
Researchers say the ionospheric disturbance could affect navigation for self-driving cars and drones.
The Hebrew University-led study suggests AI use may boost productivity while quietly harming workplace trust and career prospects.
The result advances a radio technique that could eventually map the distribution of matter across the universe.
The most comprehensive interaction map of essential genes in the tuberculosis bacterium could inform combination drug regimens.
The research highlights the scale of abuse involving AI-generated sexual imagery created without consent.
Scientists used burial records to connect periods of climate stress with higher disease mortality in industrial-era England.
Calculations based on surviving uranium cubes suggest Werner Heisenberg significantly underestimated the materials a reactor would require.
The analysis flags elevated mortality as a signal of inadequate medical care in immigration detention.
A single gene-editing treatment might protect against high cholesterol and heart disease for decades, but scientists flag risks of permanent genetic changes.
The technique aims to image exoplanets below the stability limit that typically constrains direct detection.
USC researchers studied 46 children ages 7 to 10 and found dietary patterns associated with altered brain responses.
The laboratory strategy turns a tumor's own carbon monoxide into a prodrug activator inside cancer cells.
Radio observations suggest a smaller star the researchers call Siwarha could explain the supergiant's repeated dimming events.
Researchers warn the change could increase safety risks and disrupt children's biological clocks.
Flexible molecular connections, rather than rigid ones, enabled new ways to arrange nanoparticles, with potential gene-delivery applications.
Researchers are exploring machine-learning emulators as a faster alternative to running physics equations for billions of atmospheric cells.
Augmented-reality experiments in mice suggest fear can cause the brain to merge safety and threat memories rather than separate them.
The analysis warns that scientific understanding of large language models is falling behind their deployment.
The device could support quantum circuit designs built on standard silicon manufacturing.
University of Sydney researchers imaged hydrogen in metal crystal lattices, a step toward better hydrogen storage and embrittlement models.
The study shows how cattle sales through middlemen let employers cited for forced labor evade sustainability sourcing commitments.
The proposed explanation links the brain's hemisphere-to-opposite-body wiring to the visual systems of early vertebrates.
The experiments aim to map how much capacity large language models have for introspecting on their own internal states.
A Space.com analysis notes the number of refueling flights required for Artemis lunar missions is still unknown.
Researchers created carbon dots that emit a range of colors in response to their liquid environment, unlike conventional single-color fluorescent materials.
The research examines how large-scale offshore wind build-out could shift the base of marine ecosystems.
University of Reading researchers studying moths found that a gas produced inside organisms may help combat wound infections.
The work offers an explanation for a nearly 50-year-old mystery, with evidence of a deadly fungus sweeping through vulnerable species.
The White House proclamation asserts the right to develop and settle the solar system under US law.
The findings add detail to how immune T cells integrate costimulatory signals during activation.
Coverage focused on the elevated casualty-risk estimate for the uncontrolled re-entry of the 3,200-pound observatory.
Most respondents had never heard of patient and public involvement in research, despite strong willingness to help shape ALS studies.
The University of Münster-led work details how p97 prepares defective proteins for degradation and recycling.
The approach offers a new way to control atomic arrangement in quantum materials using ultrashort laser pulses.
Trials suggest the electric-bristle brush reduced plaque and gum inflammation.
The analysis arrives as EU reforms exempt most companies from mandatory sustainability reporting under CSRD.
The findings suggest time-efficient regimens can deliver comparable strength gains.
The large study found visual processing had no meaningful link to reading outcomes.
The company aims to apply lessons from drone warfare in Ukraine to satellite defense in orbit.
Theoretical work identifies chiral fermion behavior in disordered metals, expanding the scope of topological physics.
The work assesses how the Southern Ocean distributes nutrients that sustain marine productivity worldwide.
The paper-based substrate is designed to improve airflow and comfort for long-term health-monitoring wearables.
The anatomy may reflect a functional strategy to cut impact stress and improve stability under load.
The research examines the lasting effects of customer harassment on rideshare and other gig workers.
The approach lets animals trigger their own tracking devices, potentially improving wildlife data collection.
The debris trail is estimated to be long enough to wrap around Earth and the sun hundreds of times.
The theoretical study models colliding color charges and their coupling to gluons in nuclear collisions.
The program will measure environmental chemical exposure in the UK population.
The UT Dallas research proposes a mechanism that clears gas and allows bright galaxy formation.
The FSU study explores how partisan polarization spills over into business performance and operations.
The analysis of studies covering more than 31,000 participants identifies credibility, expertise and attractiveness as key factors.
Participants who took cold showers showed a surprising physiological or behavioral response in the trial.
The research links difficulty recognizing and interpreting emotions to weaker attachment to business goals, especially under stress.
The research identifies barriers that prevent patients from receiving optimal asthma treatment.
The partnership aims to broaden access to quantum computing resources and workforce development in the state.
The research identifies gaps between tenant protection laws and their enforcement in practice.
The research report looks at how lifelong intellectual engagement affects men and women differently.
Customers viewed recurring corporate giving more favorably than the same total donated once a year.
The grant supports research into cardiovascular risk among aging people living with HIV.
The comparison assesses performance across a dozen quantum hardware platforms.
The long-running project reported new findings on health risks associated with aging.
A new method for tracking grocery buying shows consumers' habits change far less than expected.
The American crew members voted in the midterm election while living off Earth.
Scientists expressed interest in the unusually extended feature detected around a nearby star.
The funding will support archaeological research into ancient diets and food practices.
The North Dakota event focused on the outlook for the commercial space industry.
The annual shower could produce bright fireballs over the coming weeks.
The exhibit traces the history of the famous sideshow curiosity, long since debunked as a fabricated specimen.
The Aug. 2, 2027 eclipse path passes over the real-life Tatooine landscapes.
The small free-flying robot assists astronauts with tasks inside the orbiting laboratory.
More than 1,400 students took part in the annual astronomy education event in Hawaii.
The Soviet space dog became the first animal to orbit Earth.
The US Air Force experimental rocket carrying 13 small satellites failed shortly after liftoff from Hawaii.