Researchers have proposed a new evolutionary model for the origin of a kingdom of viruses called Bamfordvirae, suggesting a billion-years evolutionary arms race between two groups within this kingdom and their hosts.

Luckily, the pad's lightning protection mast functioned as intended.

On Sun Day, we celebrate the solitary star that illuminates our planet, while also highlighting the immense energy potential that we have yet to fully realise. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter instituted this annual holiday in 1978 to promote solar energy a…

Cycads, a group of gymnosperms which can resemble miniature palm trees (like the popular sago palm houseplant) were long thought to be "living fossils," a group that had evolved minimally since the time of the dinosaurs. Now, a well-preserved 80-million-year-…

There are no plants, and only very few animals: people rarely come here. The large glaciers in Greenland have long been perceived as ice deserts. Gigantic ice sheets where conditions for life are extremely harsh.

In the ceaseless pursuit of energy-efficient computing, new devices designed at UC Santa Barbara show promise for enhancements in information processing and data storage.

The protection and preservation of the genetic material by tiny holes in the cell nucleus is crucial for healthy ageing. German researchers from the Synthetic Biophysics of Protein Disorder Group at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Department of Th…

All that glitters is not gold, or even fool's gold in the case of fossils.

At the age of 40, Dr. Eliad Peretz awarded one of American space agency’s highest accolades for outstanding contributions to space research, joining names such as Carl Sagan and Alan Shepard

Mars like you've never seen it before.

TUESDAY, May 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Could an electronic chest “tattoo” -- wireless, lightweight and razor-thin -- upend heart monitoring and lower the odds of heart disease for folks

Researchers have proposed a new evolutionary model for the origin of a kingdom of viruses called Bamfordvirae, suggesting a billion-years evolutionary arms race between two groups within this kingdom and their hosts.

The first building blocks of life on Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from our sun, a new study finds.

NASA has named Emily Nelson its new chief flight director, leading the group that directs human spaceflight missions from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Albert Einstein’s equation E=mc² is arguably one of the most famous equations in the history of science. This formula describes the relationship between mass

Data from China's unresponsive Zhurong rover suggests that Mars had snow and frost as recently as 400,000 years ago.

Led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the short videos take audiences behind the scenes to learn more about how space missions come together.

At NASA's Johnson Space Center, scientists managed to successfully extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil

Using a "spooky" phenomenon of quantum physics, Caltech researchers have discovered a way to double the resolution of light microscopes.

Skin hunger is a new term for something very basic to us -- physical connection. It is an intense, agonizing yearning for another person to be physically present with you.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor around a rocky exoplanet located 26 light-years away from Earth. Astronomers are trying to determine whether that water vapor indicates an atmosphere.

Launched on August 20, 1977, just 16 days before its twin Voyager 1, the Voyager 2 space probe is now cruising outside the protective bubble of the...

Aliens might find us through Earths mobile tower signals, says a study

Astronomers comparing maps of the universe uncovered the nearest example of a black hole devouring a star ever detected.

Goddard research scientist Dr. Randy Koster uses computer modeling to help understand how the many systems of our home planet are connected - especially the ones fueled by water.