Scientists analyzing the first data from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission have…
Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen, and is a…
A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and…
The world’s cutting-edge particle accelerators are pushing the extremes in high-brightness beams and ultrashort pulses…
Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and…
More than 27 million people in the United States are living with type 2 diabetes,…
Doctors, health organizations, and the U.S. surgeon general all agree that exercise is good for…
Observing the world’s oceans is increasingly a mission assigned to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) —…
Earth’s magnetic field provides an invisible but crucial barrier that protects Earth from the solar…
UCR researchers are using seasonal changes in the Earth’s atmosphere to guide their search for…
The first substantial cave record from coastal Kenya ranges from the Middle Stone Age to…
A team of physicists, including NJIT’s Gregory Fleishman, has discovered previously undetected energy in the…
An international team of astronomers has used ESO telescopes to investigate a relic of the…
MIT biologists have discovered a function of a gene that is believed to account for…
On March 13, 2006 Cassini’s narrow-angle camera captured this look at Saturn and its rings,…
Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately 10 billion years, but they weren’t sure…
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by…
Scientists have detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough…