When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...

More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun can solve mysteries from the behaviour of individual ...

Scientists from NASA and other institutions reported the findings of the first in-depth analysis of the minerals and ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

Scientists have long struggled to accurately predict solar flares, but a recent breakthrough using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has uncovered a promising new sign: flickering coronal loops. These ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

Scientists used the most massive fundamental particles to break special relativity, but even that didn’t work.

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

Park, four research scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The preprint of their paper, “Relativistic Time Transformations Between the Solar System Barycenter, Earth, and Moon,” ...

“The treasure trove of data collected by Gaia has given us unique insights into the origin and evolution of our Milky Way Galaxy, and has also transformed astrophysics and Solar System science in ways ...