NASA will use a spacecraft later this month to test a planetary-defense method that could one day save Earth.

Thwaites Glacier has seen periods of very rapid retreat over the past 200 years.

We're less than a month out from impact.

Mars is still an enigma for the human being, who is determined to find water or traces of it on the red planet, therefore, in the expeditions carried out by

People travel from miles around in order to witness the launch of a space vehicle by NASA. One possible observer might have gotten more than it bargained for.

Researchers from the Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences at the Wayne State University School of Medicine have identified three non-antibiotic drugs can protect the eye from se...

Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of Sept. 5 that included studying microgravity’s effect on the human grip, evaluating the behavior of liquids in a sphere, and launching small satellites c…

Researchers have unveiled the crystal structures of UBA6 in complex with either ATP or the ubiquitin-like protein FAT10. These results provide the foundation to study the individual roles of UBA6 towards the attachment of either ubiquitin or FAT10 to target p…

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) never beats around the bush when it comes to NASA's planned Artemis missions to the Moon.

Using newly developed genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping, this study provides novel insights into schistosome resistance in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, an important intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, a causative agent of …

Major volcanic events linked to the slowing of tectonic plates • Earth.com

Scientists have shed new light on the timing and likely cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years ago and caused such climatic and biological upheaval that they drove some of the most devastating extinction events in Earth's history.

This Genome Watch explores how metagenomics and bioinformatics can aid to uncover the prevalence and biosynthetic capabilities of underexplored microorganisms in various ecosystems.

Bird Dog is a simple core exercise that improves your stability, helps you keep your spine neutral, and eases lower back pain.

A new simulation conducted on the world's most powerful supercomputer dedicated to astronomy has produced a testable scenario to explain the appearance of the bar of the Milky Way. Comparing this scenario to data from current and future space telescopes will …

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is finally within sight of its target. In 17 days, the probe will...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is rapidly approaching the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos.

A research team led by Profs. Chen Wei and Wei Wei from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a novel method that enables efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO by virtue of low-coordination chloride ion ads…

Flames spread across an environmentally sensitive area after a static fire test of SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket.

SpaceX performed a static fire test of a prototype Starship rocket on Thursday, in which all six raptor engines were...

The Southern Ocean could become seven times hotter this century • Earth.com

The study found that the gene promotes muscle strength during exercise. Researchers have discovered a gene that increases muscle strength when activated by exercise, opening the door to the creation of therapeutic treatments that replicate some of the benefit…

The JWST has returned another incredible image, this time of a star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula.

Scientists have known that sex-determination in vertebrates happens in the germ cells, a body's reproductive cells, and the somatic cells, the cells that are not reproductive cells. Yet they have not fully understood the mechanisms by which it happens. To bet…

Researchers have run through near-perfect fossils of the World’s first gliding reptile with a fine-toothed comb and untangled hitherto unknown facets to disco