Indian-origin astronaut Raja Chari will return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) later his month. The 44-year-old is the commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS. The… [+4242 chars]
You would see a time before our solar system even existed if you could travel back 4.6 billion years. But space wouldnt be emptyinstead of our sun and planets, youd find a cloud of gas and dust. This… [+3409 chars]
G. extinctus lives in the understory of the cloud forest and was believed extinct since the 1980s. Riley Fortier In the few remaining patches of cloud forest in western Ecuador, a team of botanists… [+6531 chars]
Analysis of a fist-sized rock from Quebec, Canada, estimated to be between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years old, rewrites the history of life on Earth. A new discovery made by scientists from the Universi… [+3783 chars]
The full moon of April will rise tonight (April 16), amid Easter, Passover, Ramadan and spring celebrations around the world. In the United States, one traditional Native American name for this full… [+3200 chars]
Astronomers have traditionally sought out remote and secluded locations from which to conduct precise observations of the universe. Add one more far-flung destination to the mix: the moon. However, … [+4447 chars]
This image of a crater near 37 degrees south latitude on Mars was captured in the middle of winter in Mars Southern Hemisphere. Patchy sparkling frost blankets the south-facing slope, which has taken… [+946 chars]
A gigantic plasma wave that launched from the sun smashed into Mercury Tuesday (April 12), likely triggering a geomagnetic storm and scouring material from the planet's surface. The powerful eruptio… [+3564 chars]
Four planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn will align in a straight line forming a planetary quartet in the sky in a rare celestial event starting from today (17 April), They will be in full alig… [+2240 chars]
As far as greenhouse gases go, methane is the quiet villain that could stealthily drag us ever deeper into the climate crisis. In our atmosphere, it is at least 25 times more effective at trapping he… [+3765 chars]
Neptune is located almost 2.8 billion miles from the Sun. As such, the planet is known for its exceptionally long orbit time. In fact, its journey around the Sun takes roughly 165 Earth years. Becaus… [+2969 chars]
MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) Space technology has long been used to help forecast weather, spot wildfires, and aid scientists understanding of the climate crisis. But this next-generation German satellite i… [+4886 chars]
