Bonjour Bennu! Precious asteroid sample hurtles earthward
A half-pound hunk of asteroid is screaming toward impact with earth Sunday morning in the Utah desert and everyone near its bullseye is just fine with that.
Stanford Linear Accelerator gets massive power boost with Department of Energy upgrade
Thousands of commuters on I-280 drive over literally the coolest spot in the universe every day where the upgraded Stanford Linear Accelerator requires those freezing temperatures to operate.
SF may better handle strong quakes, but that isn't the entire picture, geophysicist says
It isn't a surprise that the San Francisco would better handle a strong earthquakes with magnitudes of 6 and over, but that isn't the entire picture, says one geophysicist.
Here's how to spot Comet Nishimura before it's off for an over 400-year trip
A fast-moving comet streaking through the predawn skies of the Northern Hemisphere will be gone by early Tuesday morning, but there is only a brief window of time when it'll be best spotted.
Salmon savers: Volunteers in Santa Cruz County seek to turn tide of declining coho populations
A tiny number of the fish that used to fill West Coast rivers are still running in the creeks. In Santa Cruz County, an effort to turn the tide of declining salmon populations appears to be paying off.
As 'The Birds' turns 60, a Hitchcock granddaughter reminisces
As Alfred Hitchock's avian thriller "The Birds" turns 60, his granddaughter recalls watching the master of suspense at work in Sonoma County and relaxing at his Santa Cruz Mountains retreat.
South Bay historian recalls "Hitchcock blonde" Kim Novak during filming of "Vertigo"
A Bay Area historian recalls what it was like seeing Kim Novak and Alfred Hitchcock at work during the filming of Vertigo 65 years ago.
Death of a President: A look back at Warren G. Harding's sudden passing in San Francisco
Exactly a hundred years ago Wednesday night, the President of the United States died in San Francisco. In a story that stunned the world, President Warren G. Harding breathed his last in a famous landmark hotel.
Members of Congress hear bombshell testimony during UFO hearing
Two former military and one former intelligence officer dropped a bombshell in Washington on Wednesday.
Out-of-this-world galaxy image from James Webb Space Telescope marks anniversary of service
Photons lost in space for 13.8 billion years were stopped in their tracks by a thousand-angstrom thickness of gold coating the 25 square meters of the James Webb Space Telescope, producing out-of-this-world images of the most distant galaxies detected to date.
SETI researchers continue search for alien life in Shasta County
In the small town of Hat Creek in Shasta County, a few hours north of the Bay Area, a radio observatory is looking for a lot more than just stars.
New Age beekeeper looks to the trees for hive health
Brian Hackney gets a look at a radical new approach to beekeeping that draws inspiration from an ancient source.
Summer solstice kicks off over a year of intense solar activity, including eclipses
You may have missed the moment of the summer solstice, which brushed the Bay Area at 7:57 a.m. Wednesday morning. It did not go unnoticed.
Scientific Sausalito seafood seller tracks every fish from catch to can
At one Bay Area seafood company, the mercury content of each individual fish is measured to make sure what goes in the can is safe to consume.
Amateur astronomer unwittingly records rare supernova bursting to life
A supernova that burst onto the scene a long time ago in a galaxy quite literally far, far away, and an amateur astronomer on the Peninsula was watching and taking photos to capture the instant it happened.