Scientists have wondered what happens to the organic and inorganic carbon that Earth's Pacific Plate carries with it as it slides into the planet's interior along the volcano-studded Ring of Fire.

Almost anywhere you go on the internet, it seems nearly impossible to escape articles on AI. Even here at UT, we've published several. Typically they focus on how a specific research group leveraged the technology to make sense of reams of data. But that sort…

A recent discovery identified a specific type of neuronal connection in the prefrontal cortex responsible for updating our understanding of the world and its rules.

The giant planet 8 Ursae Minoris b (also known as Halla) orbits the core-helium-burning red giant star 8 Ursae Minoris (Baekdu).

Jellyfish and other aquatic creatures embody solutions to diverse problems in engineering, medicine and mathematics. John Dabiri, a fluid dynamics expert, talks with Steven Strogatz about what jellyfish can teach us about going with the flow.

As NASA prepares to put boots back on the Moon through the #Artemis missions, we are looking at the similarities of having boots on Earth with help from Grea...

NASA announced it can recycle 98% of the water astronauts have onboard the International Space Station, including sweat and urine, and turn it into drinking ...

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes -- quasars -- seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas and is essential for life on Earth to function normally. However, humans are emitting it on an i...

Fireworks shows on the night of July 3 will come with a bonus if the skies are clear.July's full moon, called the Buck Moon, will reach full illumination .

Observing time distortions could show whether Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

ULA's Vulcan rocket is likely at least a year away from becoming operational.

A cannibal history ? Fossils suggest human ancestors butchered and ate each other

The discovery of the giant planet Halla suggests that planets close to their stars can survive the rapid expansion seen as they enter their end-of-life red giant phase.

A team of researchers led by Feng Zhang at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT has uncovered the first programmable RNA-guided system in eukaryotes -; organisms that include fungi, plants, and animals.

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes - quasars - seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

New research revealing how honeybees can make fast and accurate decisions, which could help to design more efficient robots and autonomous machines, has been published by scientists at the University of Sheffield. The study, led by Dr HaDi MaBouDi fr

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crushed its previous record for turning the planet's thin atmosphere into a source of oxygen.

Rolling the Dice NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crushed its previous record for turning the planet's thin atmosphere into a source of oxygen, an exciting...

Deep ocean water in Antarctica is warming and shrinking at an alarming rate with significant consequences for the global climate and the world’s oceans, according to new research involving the University of Southampton.Antarctic Bottom Water is the c

The Asteroid Foundation in Luxembourg is celebrating the eighth edition of Asteroid Day, with a program of festivities at the end of the week, focusing on education about asteroids and space, but also the development of space businesses and their relevance to…

A solar storm portends the remote possibility that within the next decade, the people of Earth could be left without internet access for months.