The time-lapse video shows the approach, close approach, and departure of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft at Mars as it used the planet’s gravity for a boost on its way to the asteroid Psyche. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / True Story Films Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries,Continue Reading
This is the largest high-resolution photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy’s centre in visible light. It was taken on 23 March 2025 by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. Packed with more than 60 million stars, this image opens the door for scientists to confirm the existenceContinue Reading
It’s hard to argue with a two-gallon gas tank that gets you where you need to go. Credit: Reuters / YouTube Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. There are over 283 million cars cruising the United States, and over 90Continue Reading
The key component is a carbon steel reed. Credit: Goat Industries / Hackaday Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Bagpipes: You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. But even among the instrument’s diehard defenders, most wouldn’t spend years designing,Continue Reading
Shakespeare likely spent the majority of his later life in Stratford-upon-Avon. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By the end of his career, William Shakespeare was a bona fide celebrity boasting multiple homes across England. Historical documentsContinue Reading
The gold ingots weren’t technically official U.S. currency. Credit: Witter Coin Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A new gold rush is coming to California. For the third year, San Francisco’s Witter Coin will host a treasure hunt across theContinue Reading
The island is surrounded by a coral atoll and is only 0.6 miles wide. Credit: AFP Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Nuclear power is on the rise around the world, but with it comes an extremely pressing question: whereContinue Reading
A custom AI program analyzed around 100 known Roman board games to help theorize the rules to the newly analyzed example. Credit: Crist et al. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Like many other cultures, the ancient Romans loved theirContinue Reading
A life reconstruction of Archaeopteryx, including the oral papillae on the roof of its mouth, a bill-tip organ at the end of its beak, and a flexible-yet-sturdy tongue made possible by an extra tongue bone. Credit: Ville Sinkkonen Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sentContinue Reading
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a trio of young stars in the process of becoming their best selves in the constellation Scorpius. Posted to the agency’s site on January 16 as part ofContinue Reading
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