The transit was observed on January 3, giving the European Space Agency a chance to further improve the quality of its spacecraft.

No human genome has ever been read in its entirety before. This year, scientists expect to pass that milestone for the first time...

The discovery is unexpected.

Old Madras has several ‘firsts’ to its credit. Among them is the first astronomical laboratory, and the first Indian to be recognised by the Royal Ast

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is an enthralling picture of the peculiar Spiral Galaxy Arp 78.

Shocking galaxies are as mature as our own – but exist at the very beginnings of the universe

Under the agreement, NASA will provide the launch opportunity, Flight Payload Adapter, and other launch-related responsibilities for ULTRASAT.

Zhurong landed on Mars in May 2021 as part of China’s Tianwen-1 mission

On 7 February 2023, four long-awaited decrees of the Ministry of Health on the reorganisation of ethics committees were published in the Official…

Arizona State University's independent student-run news organization covering Tempe, Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale.

NASA expects a 96-foot aircraft-sized asteroid to buzz Earth today. Know its speed, distance and more.

New research sheds light on how electric fields can be used to alter the thermal properties of ferroelectric materials, allowing engineers to manipulate the flow of heat through the materials. Ferroelectric materials are used in a wide variety of applications…

According to the research published in Food & Functions recently, a team led by Prof. Huang Qing at the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), reported for the first time an update a…

Selk crater is an ∼ 80 km diameter impact crater on the Saturnian icy satellite, Titan. Melt pools associated with impact craters like Selk provide environments where liquid water and organics can mix and produce biomolecules like amino acids.

To reduce biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes, more sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural practices are needed. A research team has investigated how ecosystem services such as pollination could be improved in macadamia plantations. Th…

The chemical compositions of Earth's core and mantle provide insight into the processes that led to their formation. N-body simulations, on the other hand, generally do not contain chemical information, and seek to only reproduce the masses and orbits of the …

Active comets have been detected in several exoplanetary systems, although so far only indirectly, when the dust or gas in the extended coma has transited in front of the stellar disk.

The tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius)  has some surprising properties, scientists have discovered: properties that could enable it to provide a natural, biodegradable alternative to certain plastics and other materials in the future.

The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you're looking at is a lot more special than just glittering stars.

Astronomers have discovered a runaway supermassive black hole, the size of 20 million suns, speeding through space.The discovery is the first observational e...

Many alterations to the genomes of early humans had opposing effects, likely due to a delicate balance between enhanced cognitive abilities and an increased risk of psychiatric disorders. Humans and chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA, with human accelerated r…

Life in microgravity can wreak havoc on the human body, but aerospace engineer Dr James Waldie has spent much of

Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has now been rescheduled for 1:45 am Monday, NASA officials said.

Geologists doing fieldwork in southeastern Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation found carbon isotope evidence that the site, though on land, experienced the same early Cretaceous carbon-cycle change recorded in marine sedimentary rocks in Europe. This ancient carb…