Voyager 1 has no engine running. The 38,000-mile-per-hour speed it has held since its Saturn flyby in 1980 is borrowed momentum from planets it grazed more than four decades ago, and that free ride carries it to one light-day from Earth this November

Plants that make real dairy protein? Scientists discover an unexpected shortcut

Scientists have unlocked a new biotechnology method enabling plants to produce bovine casein, a key milk protein, within their seeds.

10 places in the US and Canada to see August's partial solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower in 1 trip

James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have provided insights into the mechanisms governing how supermassive black holes consume matter.

Why a Single Sun‑Reflecting Satellite Has Scientists Sounding the Alarm

Could the body’s immune ‘garbage trucks’ point to a way to slow aging?

The First Room-Temperature Quantum Material of Its Kind Is Spun From Atoms of Gold

Physicists have developed a new room-temperature quantum material constructed from gold atoms that sorts light based on quantum statistics.