The team found uracil, one of the four building blocks of RNA, which is used by cells to communicate genetic information. They also found nicotinic acid, known as vitamin B3 or niacin.

During the drill, the North Korean drone cruised underwater for over 59 hours and detonated in waters off its east coast on Thursday, the KCNA said. It did not elaborate on the drone's nuclear capabilities. The drone system is intended to make sneak attacks i…

The ASTRID cosmological simulation, a massive simulation run on TACC's Frontera supercomputer, is aiding in the investigation of ultra-massive black holes. Ultra-massive black holes are the heaviest entities in the cosmos, with some weighing in at millions or…

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Boeing's first mission carrying astronauts to space aboard its Starliner capsule has been delayed until at least the summer, a NASA official said on Thursday...

Perseverance keeps giving us stunning views of the Red Planet.

These air-breathing mammals dive to great depths and hold their breath for long periods of time. How do they do it?

Adam Driver asked NASA how it would save Earth from an incoming asteroid.No city-killer asteroids are known to be a threat to Earth, but NASA hasn't catalogued

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.

The deliberate explosion capped a month-long test of a module that is being certified for future space missions.

What's the biggest black hole in the universe, and is there a limit to how big black holes can get?

Professor Zhang Haijiang from the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with academician Hou Zengqian from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and Professor Wan…

Whether in plants or animals, greenhouse gases or smoke, carbon atoms exist in various compounds as they move through a multitude of pathways within Earth's system. That's why NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission—scheduled to launch…

The Perseverance rover spent the first two Earth years of its mission on Mars driving and sampling within Jezero crater.

The planet Mercury makes an appearance, too.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured video of a solar tornado made of boiling plasma. It's the latest mind-blowing event on the sun.

The year's second solar eclipse will be visible from eight states in the U.S. Southwest.

Celina Quinones, from Denver, Colorado, discovered after 10 years of marriage that she and her husband are also cousins.

A marine heat wave from 2014 to 2016 decimated kelp forests in the ocean off the California coast.

Charlton Heston was right — blood makes poor mortar (compared to potatoes, anyway).

How John Glenn's $40 drugstore camera, an Ansco Autoset, changed the course of manned space exploration forever.

What allowed an ecosystem to support toothy predators all over the food chain?

Weather report: Expect scattered, patchy clouds made up of silicates on planet VHS 1256 b. Ever had hot sand whip across your face? That’s a soothing experience compared to the volatile conditions discovered high in the atmosphere of planet VHS 1256 b. Resear…

Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three space missions show the agency has a plan.