The pollution from rockets built by SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic could damage human health and hurt the Earth's climate, a new study shows. "Atmospheric pollution from rockets," publishe… [+1695 chars]
Were drooling over the latest image dump from the Solar Orbiter mission. These incredible pictures and videos, captured during its close approach in March, highlight the awesome power of this probe t… [+488 chars]
A full moon showing volcanic domes and impact craters. AFP via Getty Images There are no active volcanoes on the Moon to be found today, but recent discoveries show that the Moon was far longer geo… [+3770 chars]
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescop… [+5312 chars]
What's in a head? According to new research, a little bit of our ancestors' tails. In the early days of complex, multicellular life on Earth, animals started out without any spines or brains. They o… [+2661 chars]
When animals experience a large injury, such as the loss of a limb, the body immediately begins a wound healing response that includes sealing the wound site and repairing local damage. In many anima… [+6532 chars]
Beijing: Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside the solar system, about 32 light-years fro… [+1484 chars]
This Hubble image captures a set of galaxies that are unusual because they seem not to have dark matter.Credit: NASA/ESA/P. van Dokkum, Yale Univ. Astronomers think that galaxies cannot form without… [+4568 chars]
Photographer Justin Anderson shot a trio of gorgeous celestial elements together. During the total lunar eclipse, he was able to capture the Blood Moon, aurora, and the Milky Way galaxy together in o… [+4972 chars]
Researchers report the first comprehensive account of the Hunga volcano eruption’s atmospheric waves. The Hunga volcano ushered in 2022 with a bang, devastating the island nation of Tonga and sendin… [+5570 chars]
A family of proteins that have a role in ensuring many types of cells move and maintain their shape may promote disease when they act like workaholics and disrupt the cellular environment, new resear… [+5378 chars]
Many age-related diseases share a common feature: the mitochondria of cells begin to malfunction. While the cause is not known, Buck Institute scientists have discovered a new mechanism of how mitoch… [+4952 chars]