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The revolutionary Webb telescope reaches its final destination. Amy Schneider’s historic winning streak on “Jeopardy!” comes to an end. Plus, the faster world of 5G, explained.
By Maggie Penman and Alexis Diao and Reena Flores and Jordan-Marie Smith and Linah Mohammad and Rennie Svirnovskiy and Ariel Plotnick and Emma Talkoff and Savannah Robinson and Sean CarterJanuary 28, 2022A SpaceX rocket will soon crash into the moon after ‘chaotic orbit’ for 7 years, experts say
Since Bill Gray's blog post earlier this month, other space observers have confirmed the data and agreed that the Falcon 9 rocket, which weighs about 4 metric tons, is set to crash into the far side of the moon on March 4, in what Gray believes might be “the first unintentional case” of space junk hitting the moon.
By Timothy BellaJanuary 26, 2022NASA shares what's next for Webb telescope
On Jan. 24, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reached its final destination, where it will study the universe in the infrared portion of the spectrum.
By January 24, 2022Webb telescope arrives at outpost 1 million miles from Earth to begin study of distant galaxies
The next challenge is focusing the telescope.
By Joel AchenbachJanuary 24, 2022NASA wants you . . . to look into the clouds
NASA is recruiting citizen scientists to keep an eye on the clouds — and help document a changing climate.
By Erin BlakemoreJanuary 23, 2022What is a Lagrange point, the final destination for the James Webb Space Telescope?
The James Webb Space Telescope will not orbit Earth, but rather a peculiar place in space known as a Lagrange point.
By William NeffJanuary 21, 2022Crows took over a Silicon Valley city. Officials hope green lasers will get them to leave.
A roost of crows in Sunnyvale, Calif., has grown bothersome over the past six years, and now the city is trying to get rid of them — with lasers.
By Julian MarkJanuary 21, 2022Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight for third year in a row: ‘Steady is not good news’
The Doomsday Clock first moved to 100 seconds in 2020. It remains the closest it's ever been to midnight.
By Paulina FiroziJanuary 20, 2022What you need to know about the Tonga volcano and the Pacific Ring of Fire
The weekend's eruption and tsunami may have just been a warm-up, volcanologists say.
By Rachel Pannett and Erin Cunningham and Matthew CappucciJanuary 20, 2022Britain’s medieval warhorses were smaller than you think
The horses may have looked a lot more like ponies, research suggests.
By Erin BlakemoreJanuary 16, 2022Zinc helps fight infections, but many people are deficient in this vital mineral
Zinc is needed for the healthy functioning of the immune system.
By Diane KwonJanuary 16, 2022Climate change adaptation puts Patagonian penguins in peril
Female penguins are arriving later to give birth, chicks are spending less time in the nest and having to grow faster, study shows.
By Lucy NicholsonJanuary 15, 2022Beatrice Mintz, pioneering scientist in cancer and genetics, dies at 100
In decades of single-minded devotion to science, she produced seminal findings about cancer, how it develops, how it may be treated and the genetics underlying those discoveries.
By Emily LangerJanuary 14, 2022Researchers find icefish colony the size of Malta in Antarctic waters
A team of biologists stumbled across the estimated 60 million fish nests while collecting data on the sea floor.
By Claire ParkerJanuary 14, 2022Son addresses condition of dad who received pig heart transplant
David Bennett Jr. provided an update on his father's health Jan. 12 after he received a genetically modified pig heart at University of Maryland Medical Center.
By January 13, 2022Israeli scientists teach goldfish to drive
A goldfish steered a fish-operated vehicle developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba, Israel.
By January 11, 2022In first surgery of its kind, Maryland man receives heart transplanted from genetically modified pig
The historic procedure has promising implications for thousands of Americans waiting for transplants.
By Bryan PietschJanuary 11, 2022Fish in the driver’s seat: Israeli scientists teach goldfish to operate vehicle
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University found the test subjects were able to navigate the fish-operated vehicle past obstacles and false targets.
By Rachel PannettJanuary 11, 2022A medical first: U.S. man receives genetically modified pig’s heart
On Jan. 7, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease got a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
By Julie YoonJanuary 11, 2022Climate change is helping invasive species take over trout habitats in Montana
A study analyzed 30 years’ worth of data that revealed the state’s native trout is dwindling.
By Erin BlakemoreJanuary 9, 2022