Science

What can sailors and Marines do with robots and artificial intelligence? The Navy’s new Science and Technology Board wants to help them figure it out. “Our department is faced with...

As we head into fall, the next few months are looking good for skywatchers. For starters, many are reporting that aurora levels will reach higher points over the coming weeks,...

VIENNA — The Biden administration hopes to create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years as part of the nation’s transition to clean energy, US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm...

An atmospheric river storm barreled into the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, bringing several days of heavy rain, likely ending the wildfire season in many areas and offering a bit of...

The U.S. Air Force will soon begin testing how it will use battery-powered planes to transport people and cargo. The service announced Monday that Edwards Air Force Base in California...

Scientists have outlined a new approach to the search for alien life that emphasizes the role of “astrophotonics,” an emerging field that applies photonic technologies to astronomical instruments with the...

Suspicions were raised about the operations of a Chinese-linked biolab in central California far earlier than previously known, according to a review of hundreds of internal emails, documents and photographs...

For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell to Earth and landed in the Utah desert on Sunday,...

Nine killer whales, also called orcas, have died this year after being found caught in fishery equipment off the Alaska coast. Trawl fisheries have found 10 orcas in their nets...

In 2016, NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, the first US mission to collect samples from an asteroid.  Now, the historic mission is coming to an end seven years later. The sample capsule...