News

  1. Astronomy

    If the past is a guide, Hubble’s new trouble won’t doom the space telescope

    Hubble is in safe mode, but astronomers are optimistic that the observatory will keep working.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Earth

    These light-loving bacteria may survive surprisingly deep underground

    Traces of cyanobacteria DNA suggest that the microbes live deep below Earth’s surface.

    By Jennifer Leman
  3. Neuroscience

    How your brain is like a film editor

    A brain structure called the hippocampus may slice our continuous existence into discrete chunks that can be stored as memories.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Planetary Science

    Spiky ice spires may stud the equator of Jupiter’s moon Europa

    Fields of jagged ice spires, if they exist, could affect where future spacecraft land on the Jovian moon.