A space object with an intimidating name—"earthgrazer"—zoomed over Georgia and Alabama this week, offering witnesses a glimpse...
One of the primary objectives of quantum physics studies is to measure the quantum states of large systems composed of many interacting...
Seven months after it was launched, the US robotic rover Perseverance successfully landed on Mars on February 18 2021. The landing...
Velcro. Airplanes. Sonar. What do these have in common? The invention of each was inspired by nature. Velcro mimics burdock burr's...
A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a...
Volcanic eruptions contributed to the collapse of dynasties in China in the last 2,000 years by temporarily cooling the climate...
A small team of researchers from Germany, Mexico and the U.K. has found evidence suggesting that the reason a species of ammonite...
Our world's surface is a jumble of jostling tectonic plates, with new ones emerging as others are pulled under. The ongoing cycle...
Recent weeks have witnessed a series of medium-to-large-sized asteroids cross paths with Earth's orbit. The largest of the pack—asteroid...
In a geological period 469 million years ago known as the Ordovicium Period, Earth's seas were inhabited by animals like trilobites...