Valeria Souza has long fought the drainage of the Cuatro Ciénegas basin, where ancient microbes offer clues to the origins of life.

The $499 million mission will be the first test in orbit of a nuclear spacecraft, NASA announced.

The $499 million mission will be the first test in orbit of a nuclear spacecraft, NASA announced.

New York University researchers have discovered new cell types in the visual system of flies, made possible by their creation of a tool that finds and labels neurons during development.

Northrop Grumman is set to launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft atop what will be the final flight of the Antares 230+ rocket.

A study of archaeological collections from the greater area of Lake Biel in Switzerland has revealed that a Bronze Age arrowhead housed in the Bern History Museum was made from IAB meteoritic iron.

Scientists discover gene flow from an extinct gorilla population to eastern gorillas. An international research study, recently published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, provides a better insight into the evolutionary history of gorillas. The sci…

The Southern Delta Aquariid and Alpha Capricornid meteor showers will be active on July 31. Here's when and where to look in Arizona.

NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program. This video shows recent tests of the fi...

After the tragic implosion of the Titan submersible. OceanGate's co-founder is all prepped up for another venture. The co-founder of OceanGate, Guillermo Söhnlein has grand aspirations for future. By 2050, he would like to see 1,000 humans living in the cloud…

Dell wants to be the generative AI go-to for companies as the brand launches new hardware and services to tackle large language models.

An asteroid discovery algorithm—designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's upcoming 10-year survey of the night sky—has identified its first "potentially hazardous" asteroid, a term for space rocks in Earth's vicinity that sc…

Webb takes a deep dive into the nearby irregular galaxy, NGC 6822, helping scientists study how star formation may have occurred in the early universe.

Does the change in the color of the oceans have an impact on marine life? Well, not directly, however, they indirectly indicate that marine life could go out of balance in the future. Why is the color of the ocean water changing? Let's find out.

Ever wanted to live on Venus? In a few short decades, you can — or that's what the other OceanGate cofounder claims.

At one time, astronomers believed that the planets formed in their current orbits, which remained stable over time. But more recent observations, theory, and calculations have shown that planetary systems are subject to shake-ups and change. Periodically, pla…

Queen's Brian May elaborates on a previous comment in which saw him argue that humans should not travel to space until they "sort out how to behave on their own planet"

Scientists find some gigantic viruses in soil samples

Explore July's top space-themed images, showcasing a historic final launch, Barbies in space, and exploding rocket engines, among many more.

Precise radiocarbon dating indicates that Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, a species of soil nematode new to science, remained in cryptobiosis for about 46,000 years, since the Late Pleistocene.

In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, geoscientists, and environmental physicists suggests. Using…

It isn't just your refrigerator that has magnets on it. The Earth, the stars, galaxies, and the space between galaxies are all magnetized, too. The more places scientists have looked for magnetic fields across the universe, the more they've found them. But th…

An unusual discovery is now being developed as an on-demand cooling solution for high-flying military electronics.

Many substances change their properties when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. Such a phase transition occurs, for example, when water freezes. However, in certain metals there are phase transitions that do not exist in the macrocosm. They…