Physicists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere have performed the first run of…
Astronomers once thought asteroids were boring, wayward space rocks that simply orbit around the sun.…
This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in…
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a scientific first:…
Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward…
Nature has evolved protein-based substances with mechanical properties that rival even the best synthetic materials.…
Astronauts leave behind many things when they boldly go. Bacteria, however, stay with them. Extreme…
When University of California – Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara) geology professor emeritus James Kennett…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has caught a glimpse of an ethereal nebula hidden away…
ExoMars is a space mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the…