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'Aliens: The Video Games' author Mike Diver on overlooked Alien games, tracking down retro game developers, and the future of the Xenomorph (interview)
We chat to author Mike Diver about this complete chronicle of Alien video games.
NASA Ames’ Contributions to Roman’s Mission
Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the are…
Chemists harness light to build 3D molecular structures for drug discovery
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), led by Professor Jian He and collaborators, have developed a new light-driven method for constru…
Simulations reveal asymmetric diffusion of magnetic skyrmions through an off-center gate
Diffusion is a fundamental natural phenomenon that can be observed across a wide range of length and time scales. It plays a key role in many fields, including physics, biology an…
SpaceX announces plans for $100 billion 'spaceport' in Louisiana
Elon Musk's SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana to launch its anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being…
Using plutonium to probe the universe: Magneto‑ν experiment advances dark matter and neutrino research
Astronomers can't see dark matter directly, but they know it's there: Its gravity shapes galaxies and the large-scale structure of the cosmos. In an effort to uncover the composit…
Grassland birds are disappearing even from areas designed to protect them
Even in protected areas, birds are disappearing from America's prairies, and unpredictable weather isn't helping. That's the takeaway from a new study by researchers at Michigan S…
NASA Ames Experts Available for Roman Space Telescope Interviews
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, f…
Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site
A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana's Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.
New workflow helps ecologists measure how individual animals use their habitat
A researcher has developed a new, reproducible workflow that lets ecologists measure, in a standardized way, how individual animals within a species differ in their habitat use, b…
Gamma-ray signal could be long awaited evidence for WIMPs
Dark matter is known to make up roughly 85% of all mass in the universe, as evidenced by the way galaxies spin and how galaxy clusters are held together under gravity. Yet despite…
Scientists resurrect ancient proteins, offering new antibiotic leads
University of Oregon biologists have resurrected prehistoric proteins up to 160 million years old that carry natural antimicrobial properties. The revived molecules could inspire …
The bubbling surface of doomed supergiant star Betelgeuse has been revealed like never before
Betelgeuse may be a well-known and often-studied stellar object, but that doesn't mean astronomers aren't capable of capturing this doomed star in a completely new light.
NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond o…
Lunar soil reads as a cosmic time capsule for exploding stars
When a star reaches its final stages of life, it ends in a bright, powerful explosion called a supernova and scatters material across the universe. A new study led by a University…
Moving turtle nests to save the eggs can have hidden consequences
Moving threatened sea turtle nests to cooler, safer parts of the beach can save entire clutches from rising tides and extreme heat, but new research suggests it may have hidden co…
Naked photobombing comet found in public image
Sometimes images are released before anyone realizes they have been photobombed, meaning something unexpected showed up in the background. A team of researchers found a naked phot…
The Roman Space Telescope will reveal the universe in a way the JWST and Hubble cannot
"The images it captures will be so large there is not a screen in existence large enough to show them."
New gallery of galaxies from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and o…
Exact calculations sharpen view of atomic nuclei
Every high-energy nuclear collision leaves behind a trail of clues about the structure of atomic nuclei. Deciphering those clues, however, depends on the accuracy of the underlyin…
Chemical physicists quantitatively model electron interactions in real quantum materials
A team of scientists from Caltech and Yale University has shown for the first time how to accurately quantify an important quantum phenomenon in metals, called the Kondo effect, f…
Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and o…
Genetic evidence reveals how goosegrass colonized a newly formed volcanic island
Opportunities to directly observe how life colonizes newly formed land and how ecosystems subsequently develop are exceedingly rare. In a study published in the Journal of Plant R…
Listening for extinction: Study finds areas of critical concern for northern spotted owls
Northern spotted owl populations are approaching or have already crossed functional extinction across large areas of the Pacific Northwest, a new study, published in Ecological Ap…