With a task list ranging from studying magnetic fields to searching for signs of extraterrestrial life, Juice will soon be headed to Jupiter.

The origin of life is one of the great questions of mankind. One of the prerequisites for the emergence of life is the abiotic - not by living beings caused chemical - production and polymerization of amino acids, the building blocks of life.

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This is turning out to be a particularly busy year for flights to the moon, with commercial companies and universities taking leading roles. Let’s

When we analyzed the data of the star Wolf 1069, we discovered a clear, low-amplitude signal of what appears to be a planet of roughly Earth mass,...

A grand odyssey of exploration is about to begin. Humankind's next bold mission to the outer solar system, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is poised to explore giant planet Jupiter and its largest moons. These intriguing worlds have piqued our curios…

For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, world-renowned geophysicist Anny Cazenave discusses her research journey, the Vetlesen Prize, and her hopes for younger women scientists entering the field.

Fiber sensing scientists at Shenzhen University have developed a compact fiber optical nanomechanical probe (FONP) for measuring in vivo biomechanical properties of tissue and even single cells.

Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a previously undiscovered source of dissolved black carbon in the oceans, furthering the understanding of the role of oceans as a carbon sink. The ocean is one of the largest dynamic carbon sinks in the world, and is…

Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a previously undiscovered source of dissolved black carbon in the oceans, furthering our understanding of the role of oceans as a carbon sink.

The James Webb telescope recently captured a piece of the sun 'falling off'.

Ants may appear to wander aimlessly, but some actually search for food and shelter in a more methodical way.

In Aotearoa New Zealand, native forest bird species are under threat from introduced mammal predators such as possums, rats and stoats. Currently, these predators are common particularly at low elevation, but rare at higher elevations. As a result, the ranges…

Hydrogen (H2), as a clean energy vector, can be produced via biomass photo-reforming powered by solar light. For future biomass refining, biomass photo-reforming deserves a high decomposition extent of biomass to maximize H2 production.

The feather-degrading bacterium Bacillus licheniformis MW3 contains a sulfur-metabolizing gene cluster, in which one sulfide-sensor and one sulfane sulfur-sensor synergistically control gene expression, enabling the bacterium to grow on bird feathers.

Twitter employees shared data showing Musk's engagement declining.

Autophagy, or "self-eating", is an essential cellular quality control mechanism that clears the cell of protein aggregates and damaged organelles. This mechanism is inactive under normal conditions and only triggered upon persistent cellular stress.

Writing in the Journal of Molecular Liquids, a team led by Professor Aravind Vijayaraghavan based in the National Graphene Institute (NGI) have produced three-dimensional particles made of graphene, of many interesting shapes, using a variation of the vortex …

<p>Scientists were left baffled after material broke off of the sun&rsquo;s surface and created a tornado-like swirl around its northern pole.</p>

Fewer 12-hour rhythmic genes were present and many of those that remained showed a peak at an incorrect time. The researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the United States have presented the first proof of 12-hour cycles of gene acti…

Caltech engineers even recreated his experiment with a modern apparatus.

An international team of scientists with a myriad of backgrounds has revealed the process by which unique fingerprints develop. In their research, published open access in the journal Cell, the group studied the development of fingerprints in mice and humans.

Mysterious green laser beams that appeared over the night sky in Hawaii have been pinned on a Chinese satellite.

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan have discovered that the 'cleaner' wrasse fish is able to recognise itself in a mirror through its face alone, just like humans.

Laser scans have revealed that what was thought to be an Iron Age hillfort in northwestern Spain is, in fact, an early medieval stronghold built in the fifth century A.D. and occupied for the next 200 years.