Seth Borenstein

AP Science Writer

October 2018 illustration showing one of Carbon Engineering's air contactor assemblies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The Real Math Behind 'Net Zero' Carbon Emissions

If you are adding to pollution, you need to subtract, too.

Image from video animation depicting a powerful X-ray burst erupting from a magnetar, Nov. 2020.

Astronomers Find Cosmic Radio Burst Source

A lucky Caltech astronomer helped spot one of the fast, powerful bursts with handmade antennas.

A 2018 photo provided by researcher Jenna Jambeck shows plastic baled for shipment at a U.S. materials recovery facility.

More than 1M Tons of US Plastic Trash Go Astray

The equivalent of some 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways.

Ulf Danielsson of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences during a news conference, Stockholm, Oct. 6, 2020.

3 Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize

Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez helped explain black holes to the world.

Dr. Colman Kraff uses a laser during eye surgery at Kraff's offices in Chicago, Nov. 1, 2005.

Slow, Basic Science May Pay Off

Vaccines developed in a matter of months were built on earlier advances made over decades.

Illustration depicting two black holes of about 66 and 85 solar masses spiraling into each other to form the GW190521 black hole, Sept. 2020.

Cosmic Legos: Black Holes Merge into Never Before Seen Size

Black holes are getting stranger — even to astronomers.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 27, 2016.

First Commercial Space Taxi a Pit Stop on Quest for Mars

If Elon Musk has his way, Wednesday's launch is just the beginning.

This May 2020 illustration shows the orbits of the objects in the HR 6819 triple system.

Astronomers Find Closest Black Hole to Earth

And it's likely more are much closer.