Regardless of who we are or where we come from, everyone at some point in their lives ponders whether or not life exists beyond the Earth. For the first time in human history, we now possess the info… [+4042 chars]
An upcoming NASA JPL mission is set to launch this August, and will mark a space exploration milestone: the Psyche mission will be the first time the space agency sends a probe to a world primarily m… [+4822 chars]
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has transformed the field of neuroscience over the past 40 years, enabling scientists to create clear snapshots of living brain structures and even detect functional … [+3477 chars]
When completed, the GMT will stand 65 meters high and include seven of the largest parabolic telescope mirrors ever built. Each 27.6-foot (8.4-meter) diameter mirror has an 83.33-foot (25.4-meter) mi… [+1227 chars]
When the asteroid struck, it sent molten debris into the air that later cooled into spherules of glass, which millions of years later were discovered on the North Dakota site known as Tanis preserved… [+1083 chars]
An almost full Pink Moon is seen in the sky behind the Statue of Liberty as the sun rises on April ... [+] 26, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) Getty Images Wait. A pink… [+3776 chars]
While we've yet to explore over 80% of the world's oceans, a new finding is shedding light on what lurks within Earth's water: over 5,500 new species of viruses. The research, published in the peer-… [+3410 chars]
A decade ago, physicists wondered whether the discovery of the Higgs boson at Europes Large Hadron Collider would point to a new frontier beyond the Standard Model of subatomic particles. So far, tha… [+5346 chars]
How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to: our own solar system. However, the discovery of planets around dista… [+6788 chars]
Enlarge/ A Pythom Space video from March 19 shows employees reacting to an expanding cloud of dust and exhaust. 727 with 282 posters participating, including story author There's a small rocket com… [+3638 chars]
When NASA sent humans to the moon in 1969, one of the many hazards the agency had to anticipate was space rocks penetrating astronauts' spacesuits or equipment. Unlike Earth , which has a protective… [+3534 chars]
The "corpse" of a sunspot exploded Monday (April 11), triggering a mass ejection of solar material that is headed in Earth's direction. The explosion comes courtesy of a dead sunspot called AR2987, … [+4092 chars]
