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…
While people tend to describe tropical oceanic islands as ‘paradises on Earth’ and associate them…
In “Making Life Multi-Planetary” Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated…
A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors — a key component of…
Using solar energy and nanoparticles to make saltwater drinkable, researchers from Yale and Rice University…
This image, captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Using state-of-the-art dating techniques researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,…
On Sunday, March 25, a new program called “Finding Life in Outer Space” will debut…
The exquisite sharpness of this 2005 image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has plucked out…