Research finds billion-year-old Western Australian mineral deposits share unexpected similarities, boosting targeted exploration and understanding of Earth’s early geology.
Antarctic researchers have drilled ice cores revealing 23 million years of climate history, providing vital data on ancient temperatures, greenhouse gases, and ice sheet evolution.
A proposed Mars Telecommunications Orbiter could strengthen NASA’s Mars strategy by improving data relay, protecting past investments, and supporting future human missions.
Scientists find our Moon is still slowly shrinking as it cools, creating stress fractures and subtle moonquakes — insights important for future lunar missions and geology.
Reefs shape themselves with precise geometric structures that enhance survival, guiding both natural growth and new restoration designs informed by their complex forms.
A Turkish‑Bulgarian research team in Antarctica studies ancient rocks to trace the continent’s geological evolution from temperate landmass to frozen expanse and inform climate understanding.
NASA’s Mars Global Localization enables the Perseverance rover to autonomously pinpoint its location on Mars, enhancing exploration by reducing reliance on Earth‑based guidance.
Basalt cores from the North Atlantic seafloor show chemical changes consistent with tectonic lithosphere thinning, reshaping debate over mantle plume versus plate tectonic roles in continental breakup.
Scientists have detected an extensive network of electromagnetic waves surrounding a small icy moon, revealing complex interactions between the moon and its planet’s magnetic field and offering new insight into subsurface and plasma processes.
A new global map reveals rising nitrogen pollution and its impact on forests’ carbon storage. While some regions see temporary growth boosts, excess nitrogen can harm soil, plants, and carbon sequestration, affecting climate balance.
A new study suggests HIV’s integrase protein may have additional roles beyond genome integration, potentially influencing viral assembly and replication.
NASA has opened registration for NASA-DARES Task Force 2 webinars, inviting community input to help shape future astrobiology research and exploration strategies.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a “jellyfish” galaxy with trailing gas streams, offering new insight into how galaxies evolve within dense clusters.
Fungi aboard the International Space Station have demonstrated the ability to extract metals through natural biochemical processes. While raising questions about material durability in orbit, the discovery also suggests potential for bio-mining in future Moon and Mars missions. Scientists from NASA and ESA continue studying how microgravity influences fungal behavior and metal interactions.
Rising atmospheric CO₂ may reduce nitrogen availability in boreal forests, potentially limiting their ability to absorb carbon and altering long-term ecosystem dynamics.
Fungi aboard the International Space Station have shown unexpected metal-extraction abilities, offering insights for future space resource use and long-term missions.
Scientists report that a massive gravity anomaly beneath Antarctica appears to be strengthening, offering new insights into Earth’s interior and Antarctic mass dynamics.
Scientists have discovered tiny channels in the skull that connect bone marrow to the brain’s protective layers, enabling rapid immune defense and aiding fluid drainage.
Researchers observed statistical localization in a quantum simulator, where most qubit states remain frozen — a result that could inform future quantum memory and computing designs.
Researchers engineered a solid-state membrane that autonomously opens and closes tiny pores through chemistry and voltage, mimicking biological ion channel behavior with potential in sensing and computing.
Satellites captured the Moon’s shadow sweeping over Antarctica during the Feb. 17 “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse, offering rare imagery of the celestial event.
Dr. Arne Croell of UAH’s RSESC received NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for pioneering work on nuclear fuel materials key to nuclear thermal propulsion and space exploration.
Studies show wildland-urban fires release more toxic and complex air pollution than forest fires alone, raising public health concerns as development expands into fire-prone areas.
Scientists have identified a cellular structure that acts as an anchor for HIV replication. Disrupting it in lab tests reduced viral replication, opening potential new research pathways.