Chinese researchers used an AI model to map the chemical composition of the Moon’s far side, offering new insights into lunar geology and supporting future exploration missions.
As governments increasingly rely on private companies for rocket launches, experts warn that concentrating space access in a few firms could create strategic risks and highlight the need for backup options.
New research suggests turbulent space weather could distort radio signals traveling across the cosmos, potentially making extraterrestrial messages harder for scientists on Earth to detect.
A rare planetary conjunction will bring Venus and Saturn unusually close in the evening sky on Sunday night. Visible shortly after sunset, the two planets will appear about one degree apart above the western horizon.
Ancient zircon crystals—some 4.4 billion years old—are helping scientists confirm Earth’s early history, offering rare clues about the planet’s first crust, water, and geological evolution.
Engineers created magnetic lattices that mimic graphene’s structure, allowing magnetic systems to reproduce behaviors similar to the electron dynamics seen in graphene.
Observations from NASA’s DART mission suggest asteroid impacts can release clusters of drifting debris resembling “cosmic snowballs,” offering new insight into how asteroid systems slowly evolve.
Researchers show that superconductivity may be controlled using built-in optical cavities that confine light, altering how electrons interact inside quantum materials.
New research suggests turbulent space weather may distort radio signals traveling across the galaxy, potentially complicating efforts to detect messages from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Proposed orbital mirror satellites could reflect sunlight to Earth at night, creating artificial twilight. While useful in theory, scientists warn the technology may disrupt astronomy and natural night skies.
Satellite data show that sea levels around Antarctica sit hundreds of feet lower than the global average due to variations in Earth’s gravity linked to mantle structure and ice mass.
Mammals are usually less colorful than birds, reptiles, or fish because their fur relies mainly on melanin pigments, limiting color variety compared with structural colors and pigments in feathers and scales.
The writers behind the new sci-fi novel Detour discuss balancing imagination and realism, arguing that science fiction ideas do not need perfect accuracy but must remain believable.
Scientists suggest lightning-like discharges could be recreated in laboratory materials without storm clouds. The research may allow controlled experiments to study lightning and its powerful physics.
Scientists analyzing faint stellar signals have identified hundreds of possible new exoplanet candidates that may represent undiscovered planets orbiting distant stars.
Scientists discovered a 68-million-year-old dinosaur egg containing a second egg-like structure inside, offering rare insight into dinosaur reproduction and its connection to modern birds.
New James Webb Space Telescope imagery reveals a planetary nebula nicknamed the “Exposed Cranium,” showing intricate shells of gas and dust left behind by a dying star.
Ancient DNA research shows early farming women often formed families with hunter-gatherer men during the spread of agriculture across Europe thousands of years ago.
Scientists warn that increasing rocket launches may alter the chemistry of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Researchers are studying impacts on ozone and exploring cleaner fuels to reduce long-term effects.
A cave 300 meters beneath Mexico’s Naica Mine holds some of the world’s largest natural crystals—giant gypsum beams up to 11 meters long—formed over hundreds of thousands of years in extreme heat and humidity.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detected an unexpected cold region inside Jupiter’s northern aurora, revealing new complexity in how the planet’s magnetic field and atmosphere interact.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge captured electrons crossing solar materials in just 18 femtoseconds, revealing that molecular vibrations can drive ultrafast charge transfer and potentially guide new solar material designs.
Scientists have proposed a new shortcut for discovering alien planets by focusing on magnetically quiet stars, which appear far more likely to host nearby exoplanets.
A powerful solar superstorm striking Mars revealed global auroras, radiation spikes, and atmospheric escape, offering scientists new insights into how the planet continues to lose its atmosphere.