News

  1. Astronomy

    Billions and billions of Earth-sized planets call Milky Way home

    Using Kepler data, astronomers estimate that a sizeable fraction of the galaxy’s sunlike stars have Earth-sized planets that could support liquid water.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Earth

    Greenhouse gas injections may unleash earthquakes

    Plans to pump carbon dioxide into the ground to mitigate climate change could create other problems.

    By Beth Mole
  3. Neuroscience

    Brain enables sight without light

    Sensory cross talk may underlie ability to see one’s own hand moving when it’s pitch black.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Astronomy

    Astronomers explain planets’ backward motion

    Giant planets in distant orbits may be reversing the direction of their closer-in neighbors.