A South Korean study matches five stars in “The Starry Night” with the Hyades cluster on July 22, 1889, potentially challenging the painting’s accepted date while raising fresh questions about van Gogh’s observations and health.
NASA is pressing SpaceX and Blue Origin through demanding tests before a complex 2027 orbital mission that could determine which lunar lander carries astronauts to the moon during Artemis IV, currently scheduled for early 2028.
The annual Orionid meteor shower could produce up to 20 meteors per hour after the bright moon sets, giving viewers across both hemispheres their best opportunity during the dark hours before sunrise.
Netflix is revisiting the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment through a reality series with new safeguards, even as decades of evidence challenge Philip Zimbardo’s methods, influence over participants and sweeping conclusions about authority and human behavior.
Roughly 70 Neolithic structures, a mysterious carved narrative and unusual evidence surrounding death have transformed Sayburç into a remarkable window on communities adapting to settled life about 11,000 years ago.
KAIST researchers are combining folding steel wheels with artificial intelligence to create a compact lunar rover that could navigate steep lava tubes, endure temperature swings exceeding 500° Fahrenheit and support South Korea’s planned moon mission by 2030.
Margaret Hamilton led the MIT team behind Apollo’s vital guidance software, pioneered safeguards that protected missions from errors and helped establish software engineering as a professional field. She died at 90.
The Draconid meteor shower will peak Thursday evening, bringing up to 10 slow moving meteors per hour under favorable moonlight conditions and offering Northern Hemisphere viewers a rare celestial display that is best enjoyed before midnight.