Too much background noise about UFOs can get in the way of legitimate science communication about the possibility of finding microbial extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology, the science dealing with such matters, has a far less effective publicity machine than UFOlogy.
The image was made back in 2021 and those dots are the atoms in the crystal lattice of a piece of praseodymium orthoscandate (PrScO3), at a magnification of 100 million.
A new research has detailed the rate at which Siberia's massive Batagaika crater is devouring the surface of the Earth. Its rapid expansion is now fueled by warming air temperatures.
Look hard enough at the roiling mist of gas and starlight that is our galaxy, and you'll find traces of a violent upbringing.
In an incredibly inhospitable lake, scientists have discovered a new tiny species that forms huge colonies.
An international team of scientists has successfully measured a planet-wide electric field thought to be as fundamental to Earth as its gravity and magnetic fields.
A team of astronomers working with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected six new ‘rogue planets,’ a discovery that could help us learn more about how stars and planets form.
Now, scientists have discovered evidence of Earth's transition from a tropical underwater world, writhing with photosynthetic bacteria, to a frozen wasteland – all preserved within the layers of giant rocks in a chain of Scottish and Irish islands.
A persistent, nagging problem with the expansion speed of the Universe may not require a rewrite of everything we know about physics.
Researchers at Sakana.AI, a Tokyo-based company, have worked on developing a large language model (LLM) designed specifically for scientific research.
For years, astronomers thought it was the Milky Way’s destiny to collide with its near neighbor the Andromeda galaxy a few billion years from now. But a new simulation finds a 50% chance the impending crunch will end up a near-miss.
Around 20,000 years ago, mammoths and their relatives were relatively plentiful. By about 10,000 years ago, they were all but extinct, their disappearance shockingly sudden given the millions of years they thrived on Earth.
The new study seems to confirm that molten magma covered the Moon's surface shortly after its formation.
A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density similar to that of iron.
Experts record a record-breaking number of sunspots on the surface of our home star during the month of August.
