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Top 10 Roman Space Telescope science breakthroughs

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will open a whole new window on the cosmos. Here are 10 things it’s likely to show us

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think

The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets

How will NASA’s Roman Space Telescope see exoplanets?

NASA’s newest major observatory will include the most advanced planet-imaging tech ever flown in space. Here’s how it works

Alpha School’s AI teaching model is expanding. Does it work?

The fast-growing private-school network is handing much of instruction over to artificial intelligence. Researchers say the science is far from settled

GTA has always raised anxieties over video games and violence—here’s what the science actually says

The evidence in favor of and against video games promoting aggressive behavior is murkier than you might think

Where are all the aliens? A new book explores possible answers

Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life

How the brain learns to read is an evolutionary mystery—a new study offers clues

Reading hasn't been around for long, evolutionary speaking. Instead, the brain recruits systems evolved for other purposes

Why your ability to cope with stress changes with time

Seasonal changes have more effects on your biology and behavior than you might realize

See last night’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse from around the world

In a near-total lunar eclipse, the moon turned red-orange for viewers in North America, Europe and Africa

How changes to Endangered Species Act regulations could hurt wildlife

Recent changes to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act could put wildlife at risk