Sahara dust plays a role in reducing greenhouse gas methane, study finds - OPP.Today

Chandrayaaan-3 is expected to enter a 100 km circular orbit of the Moon after another manoeuvre on Wednesday, August 16. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will perform one more orbital reduction manoeuvre to bring the spacecraft closer to the luna…

We peek at the dawn sky to see what's new and also look back at the recent Perseid meteor shower. Then we'll check out an activity to teach kids about the northern lights.

Astronomers have used advanced instruments to calculate a more accurate age of Maisie’s galaxy, discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in June 2022.

The star, which appears as a red dot inside a streak in the image, is more than twice as hot as the sun and about a million times more luminous.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a new image of the farthest star ever detected.The star, nicknamed Earendel, is twice as hot as the sun and about

This sighting is part of a census that aims to find tons of galactic views Hubble hasn't set eyes on before.

NASA's Europa Clipper is designed to seek out conditions suitable for life on an ice-covered moon of Jupiter. On Aug. 14, the spacecraft received a piece of hardware central to that quest: the massive dish-shaped high-gain antenna.

MIT Biologists Discover Protein Responsible for Formation of Biomolecular Condensates - OPP.Today

Scientists from Mu2e at Fermilab and COMET at J-PARC in Japan will join forces to conduct two experiments to see if muons can transform into electrons.

Here are some of the stories you may have missed in the past week. The second week of August 2023 featured updates to Boeing's delayed Starliner capsule, the Artemis II crew getting a look at their ride around the moon to SpaceX making more progress with the …

During the first 500 million years of cosmic history, the first stars and galaxies formed, seeding the Universe with heavy elements and eventually reionizing the intergalactic medium.

"We believe that our missions are playing a small, but significant role in advancing humanity's journey to Mars."

NASA's Curiosity rover found peculiar polygonal shapes that suggests Mars' ancient environment could have sprouted life's building blocks.

Watch NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 launch live and catch mission highlights. Explore the details of the Crew-7 mission.

Are forests alive and breathing? See more in this scene from Season 3, Episode 15, "Mystery Sea Beast, The Earth Is Alive and Shapeshifting UFO."Watch all ne...

All dreams of life on another planet may be squashed, thanks to scientists' understanding of one hope-crushing phenomenon.

Up-Close View of Perseid Meteor Shower in Manitoba - OPP.Today

Hydrogen should be constantly boiled off, but we're not always seeing it.

This new insight into molecular communication, recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, is a monumental leap

People on Earth will be able to see Saturn illuminated by the sun for one night only.

Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden. Insects and wildlife have to eat, of course, and when we lay out a veritable buffet, who can blame them for gorging? But sometimes they're annihilating plants we don't want to share. T…

Researchers at the National Ignition Facility announced that they had achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction. It could provide us with an unlimited source of green and safe energy.

Science News: Massive 'heartbeat star' triggering colossal waves. Survey uncovers 991 heartbeat stars, expanding understanding, as further searches expected. Nature

Follow-up observations of a distant galaxy suggest its age is about 13.4 billion years.