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Remember the Great Tomato Mystery of 2022? The one where two astronaut-grown beauties vanished like space dust aboard the International Space Station (ISS)? Well, buckle up, Earthlings, because the saga has a finale – and it's not as juicy as anyone expected.

A common kitchen item can be a remarkable mildew deterrent, though its effectiveness is more anecdotal than scientific. Read on to learn more.

A study conducted by NASA, in search for life beyond our planet has indicated 17 exoplanets could have oceans of liquid water. The planets have icy shells, beneath which lies the basic component of life - water. The amount of oceans and geyser activity on the…

This space litter is the build-up of discarded satellite parts, rocket remnants and other fragments of debris.

Superconductors have intrigued physicists for decades. But these materials, which allow the perfect, lossless flow of electrons, usually only exhibit this quantum-mechanical peculiarity at temperatures so low—a few degrees above absolute zero—as to render the…

The Earth is a wonderful blue and green dot covered with oceans and life, while Venus is a yellowish sterile sphere that is not only inhospitable but also sterile. However, the difference between the two is only a few degrees in temperature. A team of astrono…

The near-complete remains of a never-before-seen mosasaur that dominated the ancient Pacific Ocean have been unearthed in Japan. The great white shark-size creature is unlike any other aquatic animal, dead or alive.

Aging spacecraft, NASA Voyager 1, which launched in 1977 is sending nonsense messages of random ones and zeros back to Earth from interstellar space.

Astronaut Frank Rubio was blamed for eating missing tomatoes until they were found on the International Space Station. Now, NASA has released a photo.

As the end of 2023 draws near, Caltech News looks back at our coverage of the research, discoveries, events, and experiences that shaped the Institute. Here are some highlights.

Two teams of astronomers led by scientists at Caltech, have discovered the largest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. And it's 30 billion trillion miles away.Yep, you read that correctly. The largest reservoir has been found in the cosmos, more…

A large chunk of the Earth's crust is missing but scientists have now discovered where it is located.The world is constantly throwing puzzling questions at scientists, with new technology like space imaging helping them to solve mysteries such as water “scars…

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing view of the planet Uranus, its rings and moons. Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) snapped...

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A new study reveals that the human brain's complex cognitive areas, particularly those regulated by neuromodulators like dopamine and serotonin, consume up to 67% more energy than simpler regions. This finding challenges the notion that our cognitive abilitie…

SpaceX Starship finally flies—and then explodes. NASA gets its hands on asteroid chunks but can't open the container. Catch up on the year in spaceflight.

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Science News: Nasa has identified 17 distant exoplanets that might have large oceans beneath their frozen surfaces, similar to the icy moons of Jupiter. These plane

Voyager 1, is facing difficulties in transcribing data to planet Earth, scientists have suspected a major crack in the spacecraft.

A member of a galactic quartet steals the show in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Kaiserslautern physicists in the team of Professor Dr. Herwig Ott have succeeded for the first time in directly observing pure trilobite Rydberg molecules. Particularly interesting is that these molecules have a very peculiar shape, which is reminiscent of tr…