Earth just experienced its second-warmest November on record—second only to 2023—making it all but certain that 2024...
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In the eighteenth century, from opposite ends of the world, a debate raged between two scholars over...
Scientists have found that the moon's oldest crater is rounder than we thought, which may mean future...
Water electrolysis is a cornerstone of global sustainable and renewable energy systems, facilitating the production of hydrogen...
Is it possible to view Pluto from a backyard telescope? Ethan SpykerWadsworth, Ohio If I’m being honest, Pluto...
Stars in binaries with black holes usually suffer gruesome fates, but two systems discovered by Gaia hint...
In September 2004, NASA’s Genesis return sample capsule tumbled from the sky and slammed into the Utah...
Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, is one of the most prominent spiral galaxies...
We have only one example of biology forming in the universe—life on Earth. But what if life...
Since 2018 the Zwicky Transient Facility, an international astronomical collaboration based at the Palomar Observatory in California,...
MIT scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that creates realistic satellite images of potential flooding...
Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster...
Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean’s hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms...
In a new study, planetary scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have begun to unravel the...
Some of the more commonly known and grown oilseed crops in the U.S. have long been canola,...
NASA's TESS satellite has discovered a Neptune-sized exoplanet closely orbiting its host star. It's just the fourth...
The nature of dark matter has been a hotly debated topic for decades. If it’s a heavy,...
Science often surprises us with its ability to connect seemingly unrelated phenomena. Have you ever stopped to...
At around 10:44 Pacific Time on December 5, a huge earthquake struck around 60 miles off the...
Using the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) in Mexico, astronomers have performed spectroscopic observations of the Swelling Spiral...