Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing on another planet. The…
When a star passes too close to a supermassive black hole, tidal forces tear…
When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent…
A cosmic dance between two merging galaxies, each one containing a supermassive black hole that’s…
Until now, these flows of material had been detected only in other wavelength ranges, such…
A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present…
The Earth is the only planet known to have liquid water on its surface, a…
In a year defined by obstacles, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student rocket team…
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense envelope…
It’s hard to get a good night’s sleep in space. An evaluation of astronauts serving on the…
