If humankind is to one day make the interplanetary jump from Earth to Mars then the ability to grow plants on the Red Planet will be vital. Matt Damon found a way in the 2015 blockbuster The Martia… [+7478 chars]
The alignment has been happening since June 10. Five Planets of the solar system, separated by billions of kilometres, appeared in the pre-dawn skies in rare planetary conjunction that will not repe… [+1737 chars]
Astronomers needed a telescope the size of Earth to image the monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way — and next time they tackle the continuing observations, they'll have help from NASA's … [+5956 chars]
Scientists think it’s possible that the two genes, PEN1 and SYP122, paved the way for all kinds of terrestrial plant life. Researchers have shed new light on how plant life originated on Earth rese… [+6057 chars]