Milton Keynes, Oct 3:Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within…

Big tests loom in the months ahead for NASA's lander fleet.

NOAA scientists said they spotted the elusive Dumbo octopus far below the surface while exploring the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

In the first few hundred thousand years after our Universe was born, strange soundwaves ripped through a plasma of superheated particles. Scientists are listening in with the hope of gaining new insights about the mysterious force, dark energy.

Susquehanna Valley engineers develop thermal management system for NASA

Researchers from the University of Poitiers and CNES have developed a groundbreaking gas chromatography method, detailed in the journal Chemosensors, which enables the detection of amino acid-like compounds on Mars, offering a vital tool in the quest for extr…

An intriguing molecule could help scientists find a massive breakthrough in the search for a way to generate limitless energy.

The asteroid mission was delayed as the team worked to resolve a potential overheating problem.

Ultrafast lasers and X-rays have revealed the coupling between electronic and nuclear dynamics in molecules. Nearly a century ago, physicists Max Born and J. Robert Oppenheimer developed a hypothesis about the functioning of quantum mechanics within molecules…

Computer simulations show that the standard model of cosmology isn’t, in fact, broken.

Two decades of satellite measurements show that the sea surface is shading toward green. The deep-blue sea is turning a touch greener. While that may not seem as consequential as, say, record warm sea surface temperatures, the color of the ocean surface is in…

Chinese astronauts light match on Tiangong space station. Watch what happened next

Nature talks to experts about how mRNA is transforming medicine.

Science News: NASA and a few US laboratories are collaborating on a Nasa-funded experiment called Lusee-Night (Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Experiment Night) that

NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample collection from asteroid Bennu exceeded expectations in material quantity, slowing the curation process. Advanced analysis methods are underway, with a more detailed examination planned for the coming weeks. The initial curation proce…

Thanks to the Hubble's longevity, astronomers have observed this expanding supernova remnant for two decades.

A new set of simulations by astrophysicists suggests that the unusual brightness of the early universe could be because of a strange, rapid-burst mode of star formation.

UCR chemical engineers have created a fuel that can only ignite through the application of an electric current, ensuring safer storage and transportation.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a 1.2-mile-high dust devil on Mars on camera.The whirlwind was about 200 feet wide and moving at about 12 mph, the space

The newly identified titanosaur, Garumbatitan morellensis, roamed what is now Spain around 122 million years ago. The unusual shape of some of its bones could hold clues about the evolutionary history of a unique group of sauropods.

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New images of the Orion Nebula from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have been included in ESA's ESASky application, which has a user-friendly interface to visualize and download astronomical data.