While a rocket launching into the northern lights puts on a spectacular show, it wasn’t just by happenstance. The timing of this launch had to be just right to get the necessary scientific data.

You have a little under two years left to observe Saturn's rings in the night sky before they completely vanish from view.

Stars are completely disappearing from the night sky and while we have some theories, the happening remains a mystery.

It’s part of a project aiming to build the first synthetic eukaryotic genome.

Nov, 12, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Scientists are hard at work studying another planet's moon, as it looks to have the capability to create life.

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NASA successfully launched the SpaceX 29th commercial resupply mission on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The launch mission was done from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.After its successful launch, NASA in its recent update

Operation IceBridge is NASA’s airborne survey of how Antarctica’s ice is responding to a changing environment.

The detection of ammonia isotopologues in a brown dwarf by the James Webb Space Telescope offers groundbreaking insights into the formation of gas giants and exoplanets, revealing potential alternative formation processes. They reveal the origin of wine, the …

ESO shared an image of the marvelous galaxy NGC 4303 which is located 55 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

Source Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. H. Wong (UC Berkeley), J. DePasquale

Chunks of Martian rocks have been slamming into Earth for years, but now scientists are baffled by their age.

"It is crucial to locate icebergs and monitor their extent, to quantify how much meltwater they release into the ocean."

Above ground carbon stocks are at least 70% higher in mixed forests than in monocultures, with the highest carbon stocks relative to monocultures in forests comprised of four species. Forests are excellent at absorbing and storing carbon and can play a role i…

It started with a simple quantum experiment. And as is usually the case, simple experiments often go on to change the world.

Frank Borman, who commanded the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon, passes away at 95.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has awarded the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy to NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team.

The galaxy's stars keep a record of its history. By reading those stories, astronomers are learning more about how the Milky Way came to be—and about the galaxy we live in today.

In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of infrared telescopes could be our best defense against potential disaster.

Argoland: millions of years of fissures and ruptures, with the oceans continually helping to separate the land. We have discovered something that millions of years ago...

The bag orbits the Earth two to four minutes ahead of the International Space Station and anyone with a pair of good binoculars can spot it

Trouble in space: Soaring costs of NASAs Mars Sample Return Mission risk other significant projects

Breakthrough in Primate Research: Birth of a Chimeric Monkey Chinese researchers have reported the first live birth of a chimeric monkey, a significant breakthrough in primate research. This achievement opens new avenues in understanding stem cell pluripotenc…

A G2-class geomagnetic storm is likely to strike the Earth. Such intensity can cause auroras in high to mid-latitude locations.