The International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA) signals China’s ambition to become a central node in the ...

For centuries, the primary way that astronomers studied outer space was through sight. But just ten years ago, scientists ...

Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is one of the finest achievements of the science fiction genre in decades, and while it ...

A recent study reveals dynamic transformations in Earth's lower mantle, impacting both earthquakes and the magnetic field.

Two Growing STEM stories from agriculture to outer space. Checking in with NASA astronauts and planting new trees at a local ...

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar System. A research team led by the Southwest Research Institute has ...

From space, NASA astronauts and various probes can keep a close eye on America's outdoor treasures, alerting scientists and conservationists to dangers that might not be visible from Earth. One NASA ...

In 2005, ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, revealing the atmosphere, landscapes, and chemistry of Saturn's moon.

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

What happens when you hurl molecules faster than sound through a vacuum chamber nearly as cold as space itself? At the University of Missouri ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, where the moon completely blocks the sun and makes it possible to see the solar corona (our star's wispy outer atmosphere) with the naked eye, a partial solar eclipse ...