Solar Orbiter captures first images of the Sun's south pole

ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. 

Study reveals 'switch-like' behavior for hundreds of genes with links to human disease

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light.

Astronomers capture most detailed image of the Sculptor galaxy

Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece: an ultra-detailed image that reveals previously unseen features in the Sculptor galaxy. 

Forever chemicals' toxic cousin: MCCPs detected in U. S. air for first time

In a surprising twist during an air quality study in Oklahoma, researchers detected MCCPs an industrial pollutant never before measured in the Western Hemisphere.

Heavy particles, big secrets: What happened right after the Big Bang

Smashing atomic nuclei together at mind-bending speeds recreates the fiery conditions of the early universe and scientists are finally getting a better handle on what happens next. 

Biggest boom since the Big Bang? Astronomers record 25x supernova brightness

Astronomers have identified a new kind of cosmic explosion extreme nuclear transients so powerful they outshine typical supernovae by orders of magnitude and stay bright for years. 

Proba-3's first artificial solar eclipse

Today, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the Sun's outer atmosphere - the solar corona. 

A Fifth Force of Nature May Have Been Discovered Inside Atoms

Physicists from Germany, Switzerland, and Australia have now placed new restrictions on where one example of a 'fifth' force may be hiding in the hearts of atoms, exchanging whispers between electrons and neutrons.

Strange radio waves detected coming from under the Antarctic ice

The ANITA experiment, built to detect neutrinos, has detected very strange radio waves coming from deep below the Antarctic ice.

NASA Teams Up With India to Launch First-of-Its-Kind $1.5 Billion Satellite

In a few days, a new satellite that can detect changes on Earth's surface down to the centimetre, in almost real time and no matter the time of day or weather conditions, is set to launch from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre near Chennai.

Astronomers Find Hidden Volcano on Mars

The researchers posit that the volcano could have supported conditions favorable for life in the once-watery Jezero crater.

NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops

A new panorama from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red Planet’s biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, poking through a canopy of clouds just before dawn.

Mysteriously Magnetic Moon Rocks Might Have an Explosive Origin Story

Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized.

Astronomers Measure Distribution of Ordinary Matter across Cosmic Web

Astronomers have used Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) to show that more than three-quarters of the Universe's ordinary matter has been hiding in the thin gas between galaxies.

Astronomers Detect Seven-Ring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in TMC-1

Astronomers have detected cyanocoronene (C24H11CN) - the largest PAH ever detected in space - in the starless cloud core TMC-1, which is part of the interstellar Taurus Molecular Cloud.