Check out SciAm's top 5 stories of 2017

When we chase success, do brains and hard work outweigh luck?

After 13 years at Saturn, the Cassini orbiter’s explorations are coming to an end on September 15 with a dramatic dive into the ringed planet’s atmosphere.

Watch the epic—and explosive—blooper reel for the Falcon 9 booster’s arduous path to reusability.

Excitement about today's eclipse is as hot as a star, but solar eclipses happen at least twice a year.

The first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. from coast to coast in 99 years is not only a must-see spectacle but also a valuable scientific opportunity.

Even if they can exchange their ransom, the criminals will have a hard time accessing their money anonymously.

How centuries of studying solar eclipses has led to new discoveries about the sun, the solar system and the physics of the universe itself.

When Charles Darwin suggested life on Earth began in a “warm little pond,” he was not necessarily thinking of a volcanic landscape. Yet evidence from remote Australia indicates that ancient hot springs, geysers and calderas had the building blocks of early cells with potential to evolve. Learn more in the August issue: http://bit.ly/2vIFYCc