Thanks to recent intense solar storms, aurora borealis have been traveling further than it normally does. It’s been seen as far as New York and even some parts of the UK. It looks spectacular from the Earth, but what does it look like from space? ISS astronau…

The Zombie fungus infiltrates the insect's mind.

Woodpeckers taste sweet things, but wrynecks -- unusual woodpeckers that specialize on ants -- lost the ability to taste sugars.

Join Goddard photographers as they share what its like to capture images of the PACE mission spacecraft build.

Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor during evolution. Although hummingbirds and songbirds independently repurposed their savory receptor to sense sugars, how other birds taste sweet is unclear. Now, an international team lead …

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made progress in the preparation of mixture-based quarter-wave plate laser beam splitter (PLBS) coatings to improve the performance of the coating. Th…

Using synthetic genetic circuits, researchers have modified the root structures of plants, which could make crops more resilient to climate change.

When it comes to reducing stress levels, simple techniques like mindfulness + exercise go a long way, especially when paired with the latest in wearable wellness technology.

Metallic glass is an important advanced alloy, holding promise for broad engineering applications. It appears as a solid form in many aspects, with beautiful metal appearance, exceeding elasticity, high strength, and a densely packed atomic structure.

The ionization of PAH, by ultraviolet UV photons from massive stars is expected to account for a large fraction of the heating of neutral gas in galaxies.

Future missions like Roman, HabEx, and LUVOIR will directly image exoplanets in reflected light.

A MAJOR new study has found that prehistoric Britons used rare rock crystals to mark burial sites 6,000 years ago.

This walking shark can survive without oxygen for up to two hours. As the climate changes, it could adapt even further.

Wherever you look in the fossil record you stumble upon problems for the Darwinian story and evidence that is better explained by intelligent design.

A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered.

It's time to "match 'em all."

A previously overlooked factor helps fill Earth’s oceans with life-supporting oxygen.

<p>The Event Horizon Telescope unveils a high-resolution view of a lesser-known black hole.</p>

Years of work by developmental biologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Human Genetics Unit, has yielded a resource of unparalleled detail that will help researchers assess how key genes control the …

Scientific Reports - Temperature induced modulation of resonant Raman scattering in bilayer 2H-MoS2

A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission will observe the remnants of an exploded star, uncovering new details about the eruption event while testing X-ray detector technologies for future missions. The High-Resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging (Micro-X) ex…

Our bodies' genes work together to regulate how our cells behave. For example, if you skin your knee, your genes use a chemical messaging system to direct an army of cells to heal the abrasion. If scientists could create artificial genes that could carry out …

Our underestimation of how people feel receiving a small act of kindness can actual hinder us from extending those gestures, research finds.

Years of work by developmental biologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Human Genetics Unit, has y

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver stunning images of the universe, demonstrating that the years of development and delays were well worth the wait. The latest comes from Judy Schmidt, an astrophotographer who processed an image taken …