NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to make its closest approach yet to Jupiter's fiery moon this Sunday, the agency said on Thursday.

Water purification, gas separation, and storage applications require materials with high sensitivity. Porous graphene, which possesses uniform pore structures and unique adsorption properties, is an ideal candidate for such applications.

Yet another asteroid flyby is imminent as NASA has tracked Asteroid 2020 PP1 hurtling towards Earth, and it could have a close encounter with the planet soon.

Our Solar System is a pretty busy place.

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A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examines what are known as dark stars, which are estimated to be much larger than our Sun, are hypothesized to have existed in the early universe, and are allegedly powered…

An international research team led by Chinese astronomers revealed the complex dynamic features of the relativistic jets of a black hole, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

An international research team led by Chinese astronomers revealed the complex dynamic features of relativistic jets of a black hole, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments may offer scientists an unparalleled opportunity to discern what weather may be like on far-away exoplanets.

A Dartmouth-led study reports that the violent and erratic shedding of a distant planet's atmosphere could provide a rare glimpse into the tumultuous early life of gas planets. The researchers report in The Astronomical Journal that the Neptune-sized AU Mic b…

Bees and wasps have converged on the same architectural solutions to nest-building problems, according to a study by Michael L. Smith in the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University, US, and colleagues, publishing July 27th in the open access jo…

Astronomers have found a rare "Einstein Cross" gravitational lens. It shows four mages of a distant galaxy in the early universe.

Follow live updates as SpaceX targets Thursday for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, which could be key to understanding the formation of the solar system and our own planet, is set to be analyzed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after it reaches Earth in late September.

Cancer cells are capable of escaping chemotherapy and radiotherapy by activating a signaling pathway that prevents them from dying.

Los Angeles, July 27: NASA and SpaceX are targeting August 17 to launch the seventh crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said on Wednesday. The mission, codenamed “Crew-7”, is the seventh rotational mission to the ISS for NASA’s C…

How do we communicate with spacecraft? We communicate with spacecraft in a lot of different ways. We have a network of antennas all over the world across all seven continents, along with satellites in space that help transmit these radio waves. Astronauts, mi…

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Stars appear to twinkle because our atmosphere bends and distorts starlight as it travels to Earth. But stars also have an innate “twinkle" of their own, says new study.

SpaceX delayed the Falcon Heavy Echostar XXIV/Jupiter 3 mission by 24 hours and will move forward with a Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral are preparing the Psyche spacecraft for liftoff, which is slated for October 5. With less than 100 days remaining before its October 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canave…

A soil nematode reanimated from Siberian permafrost had laid dormant for approximately 46,000 years, according to a study publishing July 27, 2023 in the open access journal PLOS Genetics by Anastasia Shatilovich at the Institute of Physicochemical and Biolog…

A newly discovered species named the Los Angeles Thread Millipede, with nearly 500 legs, was found underground by naturalists in Southern California

The potential applications could lead to a net-zero world. As global awareness regarding the environmental and geopolitical impacts of fossil fuel consumption intensifies, nuclear energy has re-emerged as a topic of significant attention. Its capacity to prod…

On May 24, 2023, SETI Institute Artist-in-Residence Daniela De Paulis launched her revolutionary piece of global theater, A Sign in Space. De Paulis collaborated with an international and interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, artists, outreach prof…