NASA has upgraded the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032, although it is still very unlikely to happen ...

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

Student and faculty researchers at Monmouth University have recorded the first confirmation of the anemone species Actinia ...

South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The fi ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Church leaders in India have welcomed the Vatican's decision to add the feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata to the universal ...

The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.