Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity, was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars when it launched in 2011. Curiosity set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever ...

UW was among the founding members of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, whose discoveries are expected to revolutionize ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

The film’s release in 1975 haunted the reputation of sharks worldwide. But a generation of scientists helped to turn the tide.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on ...

For a New Brunswick university student, a final project turned out to be the perfect mix of two passions: biology and ...

For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab makes us ask whether we can have the romance of the open road without ...

As China continues its scientific ascent, the rest of the world should keep engaging.

A small event in Washington attended by representatives of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory honored the 100th anniversary ...

Rubin Observatory, a cutting-edge astronomy facility with Bay Area ties, unveiled its first images taken with its record-setting camera in a presentation Monday, including pictures of swirling ...

Porphyrin compounds take on vibrant shades of color thanks to their π electrons. The network of double bonds—also known as a ...