Icy plumes from Saturn’s moon Enceladus contain phosphorus, part of the biochemistry of life—the first time the element has been found in a liquid environment beyond Earth.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the search for exoplanets as well as rogue planets, or worlds that travel through space without orbiting stars.

As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments may offer scientists an unparallel

Hydrogen peroxide detected at Ganymede's poles; sulfur monoxide from Io's volcanos.

Every time a stem cell divides, one daughter cell remains a stem cell while the other takes off on its own developmental journey. But both daughter cells require specific and different cellular materials to fulfill their destinies. Animal stem cells

When astronauts return to the Moon they will be bringing along a new generation of spacesuits, designed to withstand the harsh conditions of the lunar surface. But in keeping their human occupants safe and comfortable, these suits might also become a fertile …

Mclane High students get glimpse into astronaut training

A team of researchers may have cracked the mystery of how the Sun’s outer atmosphere stays so hot despite the fact that it is far away from the celestial object’s core and main heat source.

The STAQS mission is connecting air quality from space to skies to the streets of Chicago, New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles this summer.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes research in astronomy and astrophysics. First pu

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a stunning head-on view of a distant galaxy with tightly wound spiral arms.

As many as 20 'shooting stars' per hour will fall during the peak of the Delta Aquariid meteor shower this weekend, but August's Perseid meteor shower will be far more impressive.

A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit.

A new UB-led study solves the mystery of insulator-to-metal transition.

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On July 26, the spacecraft fired its engines for approximately 63 seconds, altering its velocity by a seemingly minuscule but crucial 2.09 kilometers per hour.

Researchers at West Virginia University are now able to observe synthetic DNA at the atomic level, providing insights into potential structural modifications that could augment its scissor-like activity. Gaining further knowledge about these synthetic DNA rea…

NASA shared a video of Jupiter and its moon Io captured by the JunoCam. The Juno Spacecraft flew past the planet's volcanic moon Io, followed by the gas giant itself on May 16. Launched in 2011, Juno embarked on a journey to Jupiter to study its dense clouds …

In this article, Delta-T Devices explains how cutting-edge technology can measure the moisture inside a brick, providing critical data on building conservation.

Unexpectedly, a G1-class solar storm hit the Earth which sparked auroras. Is there a possibility for further impact? NOAA experts explained.

Haley's Coronet is at war with its neighboring dwarf galaxy, and it's a gravitational struggle the latter is bound to lose.

BELGIUM: Astrophysicists have long been intrigued by a perplexing question surrounding the Sun: why is its outermost layer, the corona, astonishingly hotter than its surface? For over eight decades, scientists have grappled with the coronal heating problem, w…

Certain wood-decay fungi can also break down plastic.

SpaceX announced that the company is targeting Thursday night for a launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.