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In 2025, Popular Science continued our mission to demystify our weird world for millions of readers. We debunked myths about ...

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The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer ...

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...

In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth ...

The Curiosity rover was recognized for its decade-plus of exploration on Mars, searching for signs of past life. The James Webb Space Telescope was honored for being a technological marvel that allows ...

The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for over a decade, searching for signs of past life. The James Webb Space Telescope allows scientists to see deeper into the universe than ever before.