Scientists thought asteroid Bennu's surface would be like a sandy beach, abundant in fine sand and pebbles, which would have...
A team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Stanford University and Purdue University developed...
The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation of our solar system. Two recent...
The Tomb of Nestor's Cup, a famous burial in Italy, contains not one deceased individual, but several, according to a study published...
3,200 miles beneath Earth's surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth's magnetic...
Energy from the solar wind interacting with the magnetospheric 'bubble' around Earth creates waves of energy that appear to stand...
The new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.
You may know the feeling of seeing Jupiter through your own telescope. If it gives you the chills—like it does for me—then you'll...
Societies around the world now depend on satellite-based navigation systems, such as GPS, for a multitude of applications, including...
Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a surprising pattern in how life reemerges from cataclysm. Research published...