The first day of fall arrives on Sunday with the autumn equinox, starting shorter, colder days because of Earth's axis and orbit around the sun.
Fresh, nutritious food is hard to come by in space. Interstellar Lab hopes to solve that with its closed-loop farm full of edible insects and plants.
Scientists forecast how climate hazards like heat waves and mosquito-borne diseases will worsen in nearly 1,000 major cities this century.
Eldest-daughter syndrome is backed by science. It's great news for parents and younger siblings.
Astronauts on the International Space Station age slightly slower than the rest of us on Earth due to time-dilation effects. Here's how it works.
Tardigrades sometimes eat nematodes, and vice versa, but in this case the baby water bear just needed to hitch a ride.
Hoping to snap a photo of Tuesday's supermoon? Astrophotographers give some tips on how to capture it.
September 17's full moon will be a supermoon and a harvest moon. A partial lunar eclipse will also happen the same night.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission was a spaceflight for the ages. Here's what the historic mission was like from launch to landing.
I wanted a firsthand look at how New York City's war on rats was actually going. The truth was nastier —and funnier — than I ever expected.
The Polaris missions are helping fast-track Elon Musk's Mars city, from testing spacesuits and a spacewalk to planning Starship's first crewed flight.
China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions about its purpose and capabilities.
South Dakota's Mammoth Site is a museum where visitors can watch paleontologists uncover ancient mammoth fossils in real-time.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest featuring stunning images of underwater wildlife.
The Polaris Dawn mission attempted a historic spacewalk. It was a test of the abilities SpaceX will need to one day build a city on Mars.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a copy of Einstein's infamous 1939 letter to Roosevelt in 2002. It just sold at auction for double what he paid.
Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, a baby mammoth, and a squirrel ball.
Jared Isaacman will attempt a historic space walk as part of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission. Learn more about the high school dropout-turned-billionaire.
The Polaris Dawn crew — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — is traveling deeper into space than any astronaut since Apollo.
Whether you want to see the northern lights or a meteor shower, astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi gives tips on stargazing from a cruise.
The Polaris Dawn mission's historic EVA will be the astronauts' first, the first commercial spacewalk, and the first involving a Crew Dragon ship.
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission launched Tuesday with ambitions to complete the first commercial spacewalk, a key step toward Elon Musk's Mars goal.
Various career paths can lead new grads to working in the space industry. Jobs on the rise include interior design, welding, and business development.
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates is the subject of many conspiracy theories. He told CNET about a chance encounter with a person who believed one.
Jeff Bezos said in an interview that he wants Blue Origin to make space travel so cheap that "two kids in a dorm" can get their inventions into space.
When the Maravillas sank, it had so much silver and other treasures that it still hasn't all been found. Pirates were drawn to the area to loot it.
This year's first place Earth Prize went to four teens for developing a new way to visualize flood risk using AI and computer modeling.
A 10-year-old girl in Wales found 220-million-year-old footprints belonging to a dinosaur. It's the first sighting of these tracks in over 140 years.
Mosquito-borne illnesses like triple E and West Nile are rising due to climate change and travel.
Google advisor and author Laura Mae Martin introduced a "no-tech Tuesday" night challenge at Google — and says many employees reported benefits.
It's the latest sign that the famous shipwreck is gradually degrading from bacteria, with experts warning it could disappear in a matter of years.
NASA said the mysterious pulsing sound was a feedback issue. The Boeing Starliner is scheduled to return to Earth uncrewed on Saturday.
Radian Aerospace is building Radian One, a space plane that could carry people and satellites to space with less fuel and weight than typical rockets.
OceanX's OceanXplorer is a state-of-the-art research vessel studying the ocean and bringing awareness. It's the focus of a new National Geographic show.
The Batagay megaslump first appeared in satellite images as a sliver. Now it's a chasm emitting thousands of tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Most of Mexico has experienced severe drought this year. Satellite images and ground photos show how it's devastating the country.
The jar was displayed near the museum entrance without any glass barriers. It dated back to the Bronze Age.
An amateur fossil hunter found a mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek. It's the first tusk from a mammoth found in the state, and experts are excited.
SpaceX's latest daring billionaire mission aims to open the Crew Dragon spaceship in the vacuum of space — with no airlock and four people inside.
Amy Steel had been playing netball for over a decade when she got heat stroke. The illness ended her career and continues to affect her life.
Two astronauts have been stuck at the International Space Station for almost three months after Boeing's Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned.
Scientists have collected the deepest samples of mantle rock ever, and it could shed light on how life formed on Earth.
The sun is approaching solar maximum and it's become clear that this solar cycle is more active than what astrophysicists had predicted.
Archaeologists have found a wealth of artifacts and monuments that have fundamentally altered how we perceive and understand our own species.
Jeff Bezos recently played tour guide for a look inside Blue Origin's factory and showed off his inner space geek.
Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs came from.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year contest finalists include photos of sea turtles, sharks, whales, and coral reefs.