Nuzzled in the chest of the constellation Virgo (the Virgin) lies a beautiful cosmic gem — the…
Galaxy mergers—in which two galaxies join together over billions of years in sometimes-dramatic bursts of…
The vast majority of top-selling drugs are biologics — also known as proteins. Proteins are…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found three confirmed exoplanets, or worlds beyond our…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered a third small planet outside our solar…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of a close…
The stellar wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula is preventing more new…
It might appear featureless and unexciting at first glance, but NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations…
Scientists have found evidence that dark matter can be heated up and moved around, as…
New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud…
Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to produce therapeutic proteins, holds great promise for treating…
Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial…
Most galaxies host supermassive black holes at their nuclei, each with millions or billions of…
Data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which explored the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule earlier…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year’s…
At 2:43 p.m. EST on December 31, while many on Earth prepared to welcome the…
Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant…
An outstanding question in dermatology that researchers have studied for decades is: How do hair…