New research shows that from approximately 2 billion until 600 million years ago, an atmospheric tide driven by the Sun countered the effect of the Moon, keeping Earth’s rotational rate steady and the length of day at a constant 19.5 hours.

The team behind the Janus mission is trying to find a new use for the spacecraft, which are now sitting in storage.

Three bright objects initially identified as galaxies in observations from the James Webb Space Telescope might actually represent an exotic new form of star. If confirmed, the discovery would also shed light on the nature of dark matter.

Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts.

Squishy Robotics has collaborated with major fire departments and is developing mobile robots in addition to its current stationary ones.

University of Texas at Dallas scientists have discovered a previously unknown "housekeeping" process in kidney cells that ejects unwanted content, resulting in cells that rejuvenate themselves and remain functioning and healthy.

A skeleton found facedown in Wales with a sword, silver brooch and restraints may be that of an elite Roman soldier.

Recently astronomers have been able to associate two seemingly unrelated phenomena: an explosive event known as a fast radio burst and the change in speed of a spinning magnetar. And now new research suggests that the cause of both of these is the destruction…

A new study proposes that the universe may be 26.7 billion years old, challenging the widely accepted estimate of 13.7 billion years based on the Lambda-CDM concordance model. Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study t…

Dark energy may evolve in time, and it may even connect through a new force of nature with dark matter. A researcher believes that we may have already seen evidence for this. Their findings have been reported on the preprint server arXiv.

Over the past decade, organic luminescent materials have been recognized by academia and industry alike as promising components for light, flexible and versatile optoelectronic devices such as OLED displays. However, it is a challenge to find suitably efficie…

Synthetic polymer materials, such as plastics and rubbers, have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. It is, therefore, essential to ensure that they are safe, durable, and sustainable. This is especially true for synthetic latex films, which are widely used …

The tools were likely too large to use easily and may have had significant cultural or symbolic importance.

A trio of astrophysicists, two from Colgate University and the third from the University of Texas, has found possible evidence of dark stars, courtesy of data from the James Webb Space Telescope. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy…

Agave are also known as "century plants" because they bloom only once in their decades-long life.

A new theoretical study provides a framework for understanding nonlocality, a feature that quantum networks must possess to perform operations inaccessible to standard communications technology. By clarifying the concept, researchers determined the conditions…

NEW DELHI, July 13: The colour of over 56 per cent of the world’s oceans, larger than Earth’s total land expanse, has changed significantly over the last two decades and human-caused climate change is likely the driver, according to researchers. These colour …

Scientists have unearthed a cluster of neurons, which control our urge to avert our gaze from frightening situations.

Researchers at the University of California-Davis are interviewing owners of cats with chronic mobility problems to find the best way to keep them healthy.

A new look at a protoplanetary disk surrounding a star revealed a massive exoplanet forming spiral arms, the first detection of its kind,

ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon will be followed by Russia's Luna-25, Japan's SLIM and two others by private US companies.

CEO says the rocket could be certified for national security missions before mid-2024.

A look at the joy of doing astrophotography in Bortle 1 locations, which offer the darkest skies in the world.

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