When our solar system was in its infancy 4.5 billion years ago, a swarm of protoplanets swirled around the sun—some of which coalesced into larger and larger masses, while others were blasted to smithereens in a demolition derby of planetary proportions.
Telescope hitching ride on a SpaceX rocket designed to spot alien worlds
With little warning, a relatively large asteroid flew through the Earth-Moon system on April 15th only 192,200 km (0.5 LD) from our planet.
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine made a breakthrough recently in verifying a new material configuration to facilitate cooling.
Machine learning algorithms pinpoint new materials 200 times faster than previously possible
Hypothetical subatomic particles called axions get their chance to shine
A mysterious vomiting condition tied to marijuana use has an even stranger antidote: hot showers.
TESS will give us a new view of our galactic neighborhood.
Humanity needs to step up its asteroid-hunting game.
Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet’s polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth.
