A recovery team retrieves Orion after the uncrewed space capsule successfully splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on December 11 after its historic flight around the moon. The red airbags keep Orion upright and floating in the water. NASA By Liz Kruesi December 12,...

This fossilized male katydid from China is one of 24 well-preserved specimens that reveal the earliest known insect ears, dating from around 160 million years ago. Bo Wang By Erin Garcia de Jesús December 12, 2022 at 3:00 pm Over 100 million years ago, the chirps of...

In an experiment (illustrated), blasts from 192 powerful lasers at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, Calif., ignited nuclear fusion in a pellet of fuel that, for the first time, provided more energy out than the lasers put in. LLNL By James R. Riordon...

Mary Bassett, New York state’s Commissioner of Health, receives her updated booster in early September, soon after the shot was recommended. The booster was designed to spur an immune response against more versions of the virus. Enrique Shore/Alamy Stock Photo By...

NASA’s Perseverance rover (whose wheel is seen at left) is seen here exploring Mars’ dusty Jezero crater on November 5. In September 2021, the rover made the first-ever audio recording of a Martian dust devil as it swept over the robotic explorer. JPL-Caltech/NASA By...