Extreme pressures created in the laboratory can be used to mimic and study conditions that are present inside giant planets and stars.

Localization microscopy with ångström resolution.

The Moon, Mars, and Venus will align in a remarkable but non-linear formation. This rare conjunction will create a captivating spectacle for stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts.

NASA's Juno mission made its 51st close flyby of Jupiter, capturing images of its moon Io in the process. The photos of Io, the planet's most volcanic moon, are quite striking. NASA's Juno spacecraft

We identify that the larval zebrafish unpaired pre-anal fin fold is derived from the lateral plate mesoderm, can be readily duplicated, and thus may represent a developmental intermediate between median and paired fins.

Experiments at the National Ignition Facility show how delocalization of K-shell electrons is driven by extreme pressure and temperature.

Star clusters, galaxies, and gas clouds are mesmerizing when seen across many wavelengths of light.

When designing optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells, photocatalysts, and photodetectors, scientists usually prioritize materials that are stable and possess tunable properties. This allows them precise control over optical characteristics of the materi…

NASA-Developed Spherical Robots to the Rescue

Scientists at EPFL have found a new way to create a crystalline structure called a "density wave" in an atomic gas. The findings can help us better understand the behavior of quantum matter, one of the most complex problems in physics. The research was publis…

Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing <a href="/lifestyle/science/jupiters-huge-great-red-spot-storm-is-much-deeper-than-expected-2021-10-28/">Jupiter</a> are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. And like on Earth, lightning often is gen…

A team of U.S. scientists has synthesized and implemented high-performance six-degree-of-freedom flight controllers for the Bee ++ , an insect-scale flying robot driven by four independently-actuated flapping wings.

The shuttlecock-style Pridwen is designed to shield re-entering spacecraft from heat

Particles known as extracellular vesicles play a vital role in communication between cells and in many cell functions. Released by cells into their environment, these "membrane particles" consist of a cellular membrane carrying a cargo of specific signaling m…

Last month, NASA released a list of four asteroids that were going to pass our planet without doing any damage. This asteroid, named 2023 CL3, is expected to reach closest to Earth, at a distance of under 7.2 million km today, May 24.

The exploding meteor, known as a bolide, also created a sonic boom that shook a nearby town.

For the first time ever, Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University have been able to prove that plants do indeed make noise.

Using the Very Large Array, NASA scientists have spotted what they believe is a polar cyclone at Uranus' north pole for the very first time.

A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity.

"Superhabitable" planets might be real, but Earth is probably as good as it gets.

Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human diaspora across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 years ago.

Scientists have developed amphiphilic perylene diimide-based fluorescent hemispherical aggregates that serve as effective probes for metal ions, selectively binding to Fe3+ and Ba2+ ions.

LIGO is back online. Here's how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals the secrets of the universe

A camera team was able to identify what NASA called​ "an unusual surface change" near where the lander was supposed to end up.

The elaborate leather saddle is dated from between roughly 700 B.C. and 400 B.C. and may be the earliest ever found.