The New Year Will Kick Off With a Supermoon. Here's When to See It

January's Wolf Moon will be the final of four consecutive supermoons. [...]

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Watched a Planet Get Absolutely Scorched

The exoplanet HD 80606 b has a weird, elliptical orbit that brings it perilously close to its home star, causing massive temperature fluctuations. [...]

AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse

A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI. [...]

How different mushrooms learned the same psychedelic trick

Scientists may have additional tools to produce psilocybin to use for medical purposes. [...]

Trump throws coal a lifeline, but the energy industry has moved on

The US market has been moving away from coal for decades. [...]

Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He's Too Late

An executive order intended to give coal a boost ignores the reality not only of where energy markets are going, but where they are today. [...]

Study Suggests We've Been Measuring Solar Storms All Wrong

The same phenomenon that causes the beautiful aurora borealis may also cause way more havoc than previously thought. [...]

Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens. [...]

The Next Solar Eclipse Is Delivering a Rare Sight: Totality at Sunset

The only thing cooler than an eclipse or a sunset is when both happen at once. [...]