Science News | journali.sm

Hi, we're new here.

We want to make a newsfeed with just news. No bots, no baby pictures, and no weird uncles sharing questionable articles. Just what's happening in the world.

Be sure to sign up or sign in, so you can choose what sources and topics you see in your news feed.

Please take a look around and let us know what you think.

NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base

Three companies will receive a total of $600 million to executive four moon landings, laying the groundwork for a planned crewed outpost on the surface

The Vera Rubin Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos

KATRINA MILLER

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.

Curiosity, Perseverance and Now Promise? NASA May Send a Mars Rover to the Moon.

KENNETH CHANG

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.

Europe’s Future Circular Collider could revolutionize particle physics—if it’s ever built

After decades of debate, the scientific case is clear for Europe's Future Circular Collider, a colossal successor to the Large Hadron Collider. But transforming this megaproject from vision to reality is far from guaranteed

Why this 98-qubit quantum computer is a big deal

A new quantum computer sets a high watermark for accuracy. Are we on the verge of a big breakthrough?

SpudCell: Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

K. R. CALLAWAY

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

Scientists just unveiled “cyborg” cockroaches that can breathe underwater for hours

The bionic bugs could be called up for aquatic search and rescue missions, according to the researchers

This planet survived the death of its star—and kept its atmosphere

Astronomers have for the first time observed an atmosphere around a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf

Supreme Court limits police searches of phone location data

A new ruling rules that geofence warrants are Fourth Amendment searches, but it stops short of banning police access to revealing location histories

NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

KENNETH CHANG

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will burn up in the atmosphere within a few months.

Cheating Chickadees Are Seduced by Smarts

ANNIE ROTH

Female mountain chickadees are loyal to their mates, unless a smarter suitor comes along.

The Rubin telescope just began the largest cosmic time-lapse in history

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has started a 10-year survey of the changing night sky

Earth is home to 20 million insect species—three times more than we thought

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on Earth

U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion

BRAD PLUMER

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”

Global ocean temperatures are entering “uncharted territory,” climate scientists say

Sea surface temperatures in late June reached nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit on average, shattering records