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The moon rises above NASA's space center in Florida.

The moon’s microscopic glass beads tell the story of asteroids hitting Earth

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Bennu asteroid image from OSIRIS-REx mission

NASA sampled a ‘fluffy’ asteroid that could hold clues to our existence

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

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Best of What's New

The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

By Popular Science Team

A meteor floating in space breaking into pieces.

A second asteroid may have crashed into Earth as the dinosaurs died

By Philip Kiefer

An artist's rendition of the New Horizons spacecraft.

NASA’s New Horizons mission begins again at the edge of the solar system

By Briley Lewis

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Organic carbon on Mars could be from old life—or volcanoes

By Corinne Iozzio

NASA's MOXIE instrument can make oxygen on Mars, an environment rich in carbon dioxide.

Perseverance’s MOXIE tool turns Martian air into pure oxygen

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Why planting new forests could do more harm than good

Why planting new forests could do more harm than good

By Erica Cirino / OpenMind

Craters on the dark side of the moon from a flyby image

Why NASA’s pumped to watch a rocket smash into the moon

By Paul Hayne / The Conversation

The best telescopes under $500 are a great starting point

The best telescopes under $500

A wide-angle picture of the surface of the moon from the perspective of a lander spacecraft.

Scientists have new moon rocks for the first time in nearly 50 years

By Leto Sapunar

Mars’s barren Jezero crater had a wet and dramatic past

Mars’s barren Jezero crater had a wet and dramatic past

By Kate Baggaley

A grayish orange plain of rocky terrain on Mars.

After a few hiccups, NASA’s Perseverance begins its main missions on Mars

By Leto Sapunar

An extremely wide-angle photo of a red, dusty surface, with a grey rock with two holes drilled into it.

First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question

By Leto Sapunar

Surrealist illustration of data flowing out of a computer.

Science Fiction

‘Shared Data,’ a short story from an alternate future

A fissure in the Cerberus Fossae formation on Mars.

Mars may have had recent volcanic eruptions—which is great news for finding life

By Leto Sapunar

These new robots will plunge into the ocean’s most alien depths

These new robots will plunge into the ocean’s most alien depths

An overhead view of Mars featuring peculiar dark streaks.

Mars’s mascara-like streaks may be caused by slush and landslides

By Charlie Wood

An artist's interpretation of Perseverance, NASA's newest Mars rover, parachuting down from orbit.

Watch the Perseverance rover complete its dramatic landing on Mars

By Charlie Wood

Artist's conception of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

Local asteroid Bennu used to be filled with tiny rivers

By Charlie Wood

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palm trees blowing in the wind next to a roof

Wavy-shaped homes could limit damage from hurricane winds

By Mack DeGeurin

A virtual figure projected on the big presentation screen at the EssilorLuxottica SWITCH eye-care summit in Orlando in March 2026

I went from Milan to Orlando to learn whether glasses that change your look can change your outlook

Image of Crown Mountain in Canada with a red circle highlighting a stranded teen hiker in the far distance

A teen used AI to plan a hiking route. It trapped him on a cliff.

Artwork depicting feathered raptors scavenging a dead Albertosaurus

A baby tyrannosaur possibly cannibalized its dead relative