Photobombing is relevant to astronomy, too.

Residents of Northwestern parts of the U.S. and Canada were baffled at seeing a bright trail of lights—almost like a train flying through the skies over the weekend. The mystery seems to have now been resolved. And, it's not the aliens. This moving cluster co…

Astronomers can use gravitational wave data to study the interiors of neutron stars, thanks to new gravitational wave models.

The jewel of space observatories continues to deliver three decades on.

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper elevations of Olympus Mons, including part of the summit caldera.

The images show the planet's atmosphere, rings and moons.

A new technique may provide a unique window into the "teenage" years of the universe that are hard to study with other methods.

Where is the Mars Curiosity Rover now? The 10-year-old rover has covered almost 18 miles since its deployment in 2012.

Hubble is still putting in the work.

This study sheds light on the mechanisms by which different MYB and bHLH transcription factors select their partners to form complexes, and reveals two types of MYB–bHLH interaction modes that are evolutionarily conserved but evolved independently in plants.

Scientific Reports - Seasonal dynamics in picocyanobacterial abundance and clade composition at coastal and offshore stations in the Baltic Sea

Mankind's hopes of victory over microbes rode into rough weather due to the mutations within various microbe genera that allowed it to develop antibiotic resistance. One can keep finding newer, more potent drugs and the microbes find more ways to subvert them…

Scientists so far believed that the reptile population explosion was due to the extinction of their competitors. However, this new study led by Harvard University indicates that extreme climate change, rather than mass extinction, was behind the boom millions…

Photorhabdus noenieputensis (a gut microbiota symbiont of nematodes) produces a macrocyclic antibiotic, evybactin, that selectively kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The Mtb membrane transporter BacA imports evybactin into the cell, where it binds to DN…

The origin of Phobos and Deimos, the two Martian moons, has been a mystery to astronomers. These two bodies are a fraction of the size and mass of the Moon, measuring just 22.7 km (14 mi) and 12.6 km (7.83 mi) in diameter. Both have a rapid orbital period, ta…

In plants, natural photosynthesis binds carbon dioxide (CO2) to organic compounds, which can then be converted into glucose or starch. These useful molecules can be sequestered, storing the carbon in a solid form. Artificial photosynthesis mimics this process…

In ecology, a forest is a well-known example of a biome—an ecosystem of plants and animals that corresponds to a specific regional climate helping each other. But did you know that the human mouth has its own small-scale biome known as a microbiome? This oral…

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA's longest-lived operating mission.

Metallic glass is a significantly advanced alloy with potential for numerous engineering uses. In many ways, it resembles a solid form due to its exquisite metal appearance, extreme flexibility, tremendous strength, and tightly packed atomic structure.

It’s a common misconception that there’s no sound in space because it’s a vacuum. However, a galaxy cluster has so much gas that it provides a medium for sound waves to travel and that's what the Chandra X-ray Observatory of NASA picked up on. A recording sha…

The International Astronomical Union wants some help in naming newly-seen exoplanets.

The International Astronomical Union wants some help in naming newly-seen exoplanets.

A dangerous bacteria called Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major cause of hospital-acquired infection

A new Bayesian analysis of remote work data supports one of the oldest theories in social networks, with fresh implications for the future of work environments.