They should all be visible this month. NASA The pre-dawn hours are bringing a planet-spotting party for skywatchers this week. Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn will be visible in a diagonal line, j… [+1686 chars]
A Harvard scientist wants to investigate a meteor that is said to be an alien technology and currently lying at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Last week, a document released by the United States … [+2072 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
The first all-private astronaut team to board the International Space Station (ISS) has safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast, concluding a two-week science mission hailed as a lan… [+5434 chars]
A 'wispy' galaxy 4 billion light-years away from us features in a glorious new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Called GAMA 526784, the galaxy represents one of a set of "ultra-diffuse" galaxi… [+2036 chars]
Researchers from the Center for Genome Engineering within the Institute for Basic Science developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription activator-like effector-linked deaminases, or TALE… [+7030 chars]
The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station are now on their way back to Earth after a two-week stay. Three wealthy businessmen who each paid $55 million (£41 mil… [+9998 chars]
Archival observations of 25 hot Jupiters by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have been analyzed by an international team of astronomers, enabling them to answer five open questions important to ou… [+5673 chars]
A research paper, which was published in Nature Astronomy, suggested that the space should receive special legal protection in order to preserve and protect its environment from debris and light poll… [+1665 chars]
The global effort to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids is set to become stronger, as China has announced its intentions to test an asteroid redirect system as early as 2025. Speaking to China C… [+2547 chars]
A protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultura… [+2954 chars]
Researchers from Stanford University have modeled the surface of one of Saturn’s moons, revealing landscapes that bear a striking resemblance to those found on Earth. The researchers detailed their … [+2421 chars]
