What we thought were three confirmed exoplanets have just been knocked off their perch and a fourth one is under serious doubt. According to a new analysis using revised characteristics, the objects… [+4724 chars]
CHICAGO (AP) Eugene Parker, a physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name, has died, his son and the Univers… [+3847 chars]
When marine biologists subjected two of the most common coral species to a +2°C aquarium for two years, mother nature showed she may just have a trick or two yet up her sleeves. Keeping the planet f… [+2449 chars]
A Stone Age woman who lived 4,000 years ago is leaning on her walking stick and looking ahead as a spirited young boy bursts into a run, in a stunning life-size reconstruction now on display in Swede… [+6824 chars]
Lunar caves are not only a geologically pristine record of the moon's history, but they could also provide a safe home for future human explorers. Building upon ESA Discovery's OSIP call and SysNova … [+5632 chars]
image: A microscopic image of the 3D-printed tubule. Twelve days after printing, the team found that the cells had not only survived, but also matured into several of the specialized cells involved i… [+3998 chars]
Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of their versatile and environmentally friendly properties, these molecules could eventually replace some … [+2726 chars]
Starship is the future of SpaceX. SpaceX SpaceX came into existence on March 14, 2002 and it's been busy since. The company released a rousing whirlwind retrospective video on Monday to mark its 2… [+1332 chars]
On March 16, a study of the remains of a new dinosaur species with spiked armor discovered in southwestern China by Yunnan University's School of Life Sciences was published in eLife. Paleontologists… [+275 chars]
Forget the latest Apple Watch or Fitbit, scientists are now developing a t-shirt that can 'hear' your heartbeat and monitor your cardiac rhythm in real time. It has been created using an 'acoustic f… [+6189 chars]
Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues from five other universities around the world have discovered the major reason why perovskite solar cellswhich show great… [+3977 chars]
During the turbulent early history of the solar system, the materials that shaped Earth might have been formed very far out in space, suggests a study. A carbonaceous meteorite is thought to have co… [+1914 chars]