For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the...
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Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water...
A new analysis of data from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals...
Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to...
For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is...
Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of filoviruses, such as Ebola, yet the specific host...
Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in...
Last night, a crucial step in the European Space Agency’s eclipse-making Proba-3 mission was completed: the two...
The first IRIDE satellite—the Pathfinder Hawk—is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off on a SpaceX...
The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up...
A fuzzy form of dark matter may clump up to become the cores of galaxies, according to...
New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type...
A SpaceX mission set to lift off overnight marks a first for Firefly Aerospace under NASA’s plans...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh orbital flight test of Starship, the colossal prototype...
One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their “rideshare” to the...
Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration...
At extremely high densities, quarks are expected to form pairs, as electrons do in a superconductor. This...
On April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, took a...
Back in the old days—the really old days—the task of designing materials was laborious. Investigators, over the...
One rocket, two missions: Lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies are poised to “rideshare” to...