For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert—essentially, where there's water. And it turns out that one of the most ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

The latest research on asteroid Bennu has revealed its heterogeneous origin and a parent world with flowing water, adding to the evidence that this small and somewhat dangerous rock is extremely ...

Red onion dye could be the missing ingredient required to bolster ultraviolet (UV) protection for solar cells, scientists say. Solar cells are typically coated with a petroleum-based film to protect ...

Did you know our entire Solar System is cocooned inside a giant protective bubble, known as the heliosphere? Created by the perpetual outflow of charged particles from the Sun, called the solar wind, ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics. With the announcement of a new moon around ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --NASA announced Wednesday that it is deciphering the sun's behavior with help from artificial intelligence. In a press release, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said ...

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system.Video above: Astronomers discover how planets formThe Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field ...

A giant bubble of gas and dust surrounds the red supergiant DFK 52, likely created in a powerful outburst 4,000 years ago. Astronomers are baffled at how the star survived without going supernova, and ...

Researchers in China have made a breakthrough that could mean big things for the future of solar power. According to Tech Xplore, a team of researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials ...

This material is already in use in other solar cells and offers distinct advantages to traditional silicon-based solar panels. In particular, perovskite absorbs lower-power, ambient light more ...