Medicine
Sometimes We Can Have Nice Things: Our 10 Favorite Feel-Good Stories of 2023
Here’s the best, most inspiring and coolest science we encountered this year
Latest Space And Physics Stories
Particle Physics
A Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos Could Unlock Deep Cosmic Secrets
The Short-Baseline Neutrino Program will try to determine once and for all whether sterile neutrinos are real
Astronomy
The Winter Solstice Has a Surprising Secret
How can the December solstice have the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere but neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise? Earth’s orbital quirks offer answers
Space Exploration
Two Private U.S. Moon Landers Prepare for Historic Launches
The first vehicles to fly under NASA’s new lunar delivery initiative will aim to be the first commercial spacecraft to land softly on another celestial body
Planetary Science
The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo
The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus and its bright-shining rings
Astronomy
Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017
The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth
Astronomy
How to See Halos, Sun Dogs and Other Delights of the Daytime Sky
Ice crystals suspended in the air put on a gorgeous show if you know when and where to look
Extraterrestrial Life
New Evidence Discovered That Saturn’s Moon Could Support Life
Molecules in Enceladus’s icy plumes suggest that alien life could exist in our solar system
Planetary Science
The Mars Sample Return Mission Is at a Dangerous Crossroads
Mars Sample Return has always been an expensive, high-risk, high-reward project. But now, with realization of the mission’s actual cost and expanding timeline, Congress must commit to fully supporting the effort or risk tanking the rest of NASA’s planetary science program...
Particle Physics
Road Map for U.S. Particle Physics Wins Broad Approval
A major report plotting the future of U.S. particle physics calls for cuts to the beleaguered DUNE project, advocates a “muon shot” for a next-generation collider and recommends a new survey of the universe’s oldest observable light...
