How did ancient traditions become Halloween? What lies behind Halloween’s fascination with darkness, spirits and the dead? In this conversation with Irish folklorist Jenny Butler, we explore the ...

Pegasus is a baseball diamond! And you can see it, too. The Great Square is tilted to look like a diamond in October, as if ...

Bottom line: Chiricahua National Monument in the southeastern corner of Arizona is poised to become the U.S.’s 64th national ...

Scientists have identified new resistance mechanisms used by the fungus Candida auris, paving the way for advances in antifungal treatments.

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The MMX mission launches October 19 to Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos. It will collect a sample from Phobos and return it to ...

Researchers identified a new dinosaur species from a fossil on Isle of Wight in the UK. The carnivorous dino would have been ...

NASA is searching for caves on the moon. A new mission, GIMLI, will land at the volcanic Marius Hills Pit to look for a ...

Earth orbit is getting more crowded, and the consequences could be serious. The European Space Agency’s 2026 Space ...

Armando is known primarily as an astronomy educator, after 30+ years of extensive public outreach and 10 years teaching in colleges. As one of only a handful of science communicators in Puerto Rico ...

As of October 11, 2026, NASA’s Perseverance rover has driven 28.10 miles (45.22 km) on Mars. That’s a new off-world driving ...