News

  1. Astronomy

    The universe’s first supernovas probably produced water

    Water may have formed less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, suggesting some conditions for life existed far earlier than previously thought.

    By Mara Johnson-Groh
  2. Planetary Science

    A private mission to Venus aims to look for signs of life

    If successful, Morning Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Health & Medicine

    What experts say about childhood vaccines amid the Texas measles outbreak

    As the Texas measles outbreak grows and HHS head RFK Jr. puts vaccines under new scrutiny, two experts answer questions about the public health tool.