An international conference on the origins of galaxies pays tribute to the pioneering scientific cooperation between Muslims, Jews, and Christians that took place in Spain at the end of the Middle Ages
Astronomers in the United States and Spain have detected crystalline ice on a Sun-like star in its infancy
Human life, and science as part of it, are based on certain mental schemes that we call paradigms, and which are sometimes broken to open the mind to new horizon
EL PAÍS visits the hermetic Chinese rocket launch base in the Gobi desert as the race to put people back on the Moon ramps up
The physicist, one of the women who has spent the most time outside a spacecraft, discusses NASA, new technology, and what it feels like to walk in space
Scientists announce detection of compounds on an extrasolar planet that on Earth only produce living organisms, but other experts urge caution
The American Astronomical Society warns that the proposed cuts would have ‘catastrophic’ consequences for the United States’ leadership in space exploration
The method uses artificial intelligence and learning models based on 80 years of physical data
Research cuts are threatening the country’s global dominance and herald a world with fewer drugs and more preventable deaths
A new observation estimates that the space rock measures 60 meters and has a 2% chance of impacting the satellite
Microscopic red algae, responsible for a phenomenon also known as watermelon snow or blood snow, are proliferating due to global warming and in turn accelerating it
At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, dragging space-time with it
The Moon will be completely covered by the Earth’s shadow and bathed in a reddish glow on the night of March 13
The director of the Senegalese Space Study Agency has just led the launch of the first Senegalese nanosatellite into space
The multibillion-dollar overspend by the ‘Artemis’ lunar program puts it in the crosshairs of the government efficiency agency, which is out to cut staffing and expenses
A used Dragon capsule, rather than a new one, will allow the crew that will replace Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to reach the International Space Station starting March 12
Having become one of the great cultural events in California, PST ART advocates dialogue between both disciplines with an ecological message that resonates in a landscape scorched by fires
The probability of a 2032 collision with the 50-meter asteroid has risen to 1.9%. However, ongoing calculations in the coming days and weeks may cause this estimate to fluctuate
The gigantic cataclysm, which released energy 130 times more powerful than the detonation of the entire world’s atomic arsenal, will facilitate the research of astronauts scheduled for a lunar landing within two years
Chorus waves, which affect the safety of astronauts and satellites, have been found in a place where their existence was thought impossible
Italian climatologist Carlo Buontempo regrets that society has not been able to take advantage of the abundant scientific information available on the planet’s climate imbalance
Last year was the warmest on record and the first time the average temperature surpassed the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold above pre-industrial levels
The US space agency is finalizing the launch of a new telescope to explore planets beyond the Solar System
The Spanish scientist has begun her relentless training to become an extraterrestrial being. EL PAÍS accompanies her for a day in her new life
It is the brightest point in a constellation first described 2,000 years ago and was the first distant star captured in a photo by scientists in the 19th century
NASA’s probe will enter the star’s atmosphere on Christmas Eve, making the closest pass ever of the Sun’s surface, to try to unravel the mystery of why it is so much hotter than its surface
Science fiction authors like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein have inspired figures such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who, adopting the persona of strongmen, fantasize about saving humanity
