Scientists from China and abroad announced on Tuesday the discovery of a very rare fossil of a freshwater aquatic reptile. The fossil was found in the stratum of the Early Cretaceous period in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

Scientists have revealed a unified theory for the formation of rocky planets. A new theory of rocky planet formation may shed light on the origin of "super-Earths," exoplanets that are a few times larger than Earth and the most prevalent type of planet in the…

In a recent study, a team of researchers showed how combining interferometry with quantum principles could lead to quantum telescopes.

The Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that a new "spoke season" is kicking off at Saturn.

Today we are drilling the Dinira target! The scientists and engineers have been closely working together to adjust the drilling strategy to give us the best shot of a successful drill while also managing the wear and tear on our hardware.

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Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the top 10 global public health threats according to the World Health Organization, and scientists have been scrambli

The kaleidoscope of colors was captured by NASA's NuSTAR telescope. This image reveals never-before-seen light shows beaming from our stars most outer layer called the corona.

A fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that leaves it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that could lea

It put on a show in Europe, and also shows our eyes on the sky are much improved in recent years.

Aging globular clusters eject fewer hypervelocity stars. But they're still ejecting them from the Milky Way; astronomers are figuring out how.

NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope is investigating a "fascinating magic trick of nature."

Research in fundamental science has revealed the existence of quark-gluon plasma (QGP)—a newly identified state of matter—as the constituent of the early universe. Known to have existed a microsecond after the Big Bang, the QGP, essentially a soup of quarks a…

Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole is one of the locations on NASA's shortlist for human exploration with the future Artemis missions. But because craters at the lunar poles—like Shackleton—at have areas that are perpetually in shadow, known as permane…

New research reveals clues about the physical and chemical characteristics of Earth when life is thought to have emerged. About four billion years ago, the first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form of microbes. Although scientists are still determining…

Scientists have discovered a protein in the lung that appears to be a natural defense against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science found that some reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean could maintain high coral cover into the second half of this century by shuffling the symbiotic algae they ho…

University of Chicago scientists have discovered a new wrinkle in our understanding of how our genes work. The team, led by Chuan He, the UChicago John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, shed light on a…

On Monday, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced they have entered into an purchase and sale agreement for the General Motors of Canada building and surround

Forget aliens, look at this frog.

Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's understanding of gravity—though not wholly accurate—was centuries ahead of his time.

Or their parts, at least, which look decidedly skeletal for satellite struts

Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, several jet-black mound…

Astronomers used the motion of stars to reconstruct a galactic collision that happened 2 billion years ago at the nearest neighboring large galaxy.