S4, a $900-million cosmology experiment, would answer one of the greatest questions in physics. Instead it’s become another cautionary tale of pursuing big science amid shrinking budgets ...

NISAR, a joint mission of NASA and ISRO set to launch on July 30, will be able to see shifts in the landscape smaller than a centimeter to give warning of potential natural disasters.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to announce that Ge Wang, Ph.D., Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and ...

Using hashtag 'ISROfixyourPR', the Indian science community on X attempts to lift the veil off ISRO's operations, with memes, anecdotes & a list of its not-so-public successes.

A new U.S.–India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution data enabling ...

A hot Jupiter-like planet, HIP 67522 b, is causing its young solar system to erupt with solar flares, potentially leading to ...

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.

Lonni Besançon has faced online abuse, threats and legal challenges. But he remains proud of his service to science and ...

Nisar's capability to penetrate vegetation and clouds, and to operate day and night, will ensure comprehensive, reliable data regardless of weather conditions.

The EPA's Office of Research and Development has more than 1,500 employees, including scientists and researchers, dispersed ...

Where does scientific discovery happen, and why does it matter? A recent analysis by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School ...

For decades, I have been interested in the application of small-diameter aperture optics, or SDAO, to enhance visual function ...