Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April…
Astronomers have discovered a rare “runaway” star that is speeding across its galaxy at 300,000…
More images from the European Southern Observatory.
After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life…
New data could shed light on why the universe has more matter than antimatter. This…
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have discovered that the rates of two…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope currently is undergoing final integration and test phases that will…
This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Spanning the…
A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury — situated 339 light…
Parts of the Amazon previously thought to have been almost uninhabited were really home to…
It’s difficult to conceptualize a world where humans could casually manipulate nanoscale objects at will…
The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220…
Cutting kirigami-style slits in stretchy films could make for bandages, heat pads, and wearable electronics…
A new study by researchers at Yale and George Washington University examines the human threats…
The first interstellar object ever seen in our solar system, named ‘Oumuamua, is giving scientists…
Astronomer Ed Shaya was in his office looking at data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope…
If equal amounts of matter and antimatter had formed in the Big Bang more than…