Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...

Science textbooks may be in for another revision ... In 2016, astronomers proposed that our solar system could harbor a stealthy ninth planet based on a strange clustering of orbits they detected ...

By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas ... project, she notes, was ranked as the highest priority of U.S. planetary ...

Preliminary copies of some of the US government’s spending plans suggest that President Donald Trump’s administration intends to slash climate and space science across some US agencies.

For more on the hidden value of federally funded scientific research — and ideas ... projects, lay off employees and scale back their operating hours as a result of these cuts. Meanwhile a few ...

The projects are part of the NASA Innovative ... “Studying these creative ideas is the first step to turn science fiction into science fact.” Most of the tech that NASA has approved grants ...

"Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding ... the TGO and Mars Express project scientist, said in the statement. What they found was that the best match for Mars' red ...

Most ideas we have for life detection on space mission ... “Designing a more universal membrane will be its own research project.” Even if the membrane issue gets sorted out, there is still ...

A new initiative by Earth-imaging company Planet gives conservation organizations in biodiversity hotspots access to high-resolution, high-frequency satellite data. As part of Project Centinela ...