Science

Scientists have warned that a new and strong solar storm may hit Earth this week, following major eruptions from the Sun that impacted our planet. According to the National Oceanic...

NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA plan to persist in operating an instrument on an X-ray astronomy satellite for at least the next year and a half, despite encountering...

For decades, many astronomers around the world have struggled to determine large-scale magnetic field features in the Milky Way. In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal on May 10,...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has allowed scientists to identify a new cosmic “exhaust vent” that is directing hot gas away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole...

Starlink, Elon Musk's SpaceX satellite arm, warned on Saturday of "degraded service" as the Earth was hammered by the largest geomagnetic storm caused by solar activity in more than two...

In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected an atmosphere surrounding the exoplanet 55 Cancri e, often described as a "super-Earth." This marks the first time...

Following a last-minute delay of the Boeing Starliner's inaugural trip earlier this week, a NASA contractor has warned the space agency that potentially dangerous flaws may still exist in the...

A major G4 geomagnetic storm may form on Friday, prompting NOAA authorities to issue a storm watch for the first time in nearly 20 years. The alert comes after several...

In a display of cosmic fireworks, the gargantuan sunspot AR3664 has emitted an X3.98-class solar flare, its most powerful burst to date. This event, which occurred in the early hours...

A thick atmosphere has been identified surrounding a planet twice the size of Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers said Wednesday. The so-called super Earth, also known as 55...

NASA has raised funding for a magnet-powered lunar train that might transport materials over the moon's surface as part of a project to investigate various SCI-fi-inspired ideas. NASA Increases Funding...

Venus, also referred to as Earth's twin, has the same size and source material as Earth. Despite its similar size and mass, Venus contains 100,000 times less water than Earth. Unravelling...

If Earth were to cease its rotation, the immediate consequences would be catastrophic. The inertia would catapult everything not anchored to the ground eastward at velocities reaching over 1,000 km/h....

Magnetars, a rare type of neutron star known for their extraordinarily strong magnetic fields, have recently captivated the astronomical community. These stellar remnants are not only fascinating due to their...

The European space sector is poised to reclaim its position in the global arena with the upcoming launch of the Ariane 6 rocket. This event marks a significant milestone for...

In 2020, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope watched a mysterious dark vortex wider than the Atlantic Ocean on Neptune abruptly steer away from a “likely death” on the giant ice planet,...

“I do not believe that most advanced alien civilizations will be biological,” says Susan Schneider of the University of Connectict and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton .”The most...

“The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or...

“Should we ever discover that a second genesis had occurred in our solar system, independently outside the Earth,” said Carolyn Porco of the Space Science Institute in 2010 when she was director of flight operations...

“They could be staring us in the face and we just don’t recognize them. The problem is that we’re looking for something very much like us, assuming that they at...

It was the greatest extinction event of all time (at least by Earth standards): Since the first organisms appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, life on the planet...

“Columbus forced everyone to rethink, redesign and rebuild their world view.That’s what we’re doing here," says Dimitar Sasselov, professor of astrophysics and director of Harvard University’s Origins of Life Initiative....

Scientists at the Scientific Research Centre Bistra in Ptuj, Slovenia, have theorized that the Newtonian idea of time as an absolute quantity that flows on its own, along with the...

What if our existence is a holographic projection of another, flat version of you living on a two-dimensional "surface" at the edge of this universe? In other words, are we...

In 2000, Roy Cullimore, a microbial ecologist and Charles Pellegrino, scientist and author of Ghosts of the Titanic discovered that the Titanic --which sank in the Atlantic Ocean 97 years...

“Eventually, it will be necessary to have a kind of Noah’s ark there, a diversity of species from the biosphere." Bernard Foing, Chief Scientist/Research, European Space Agency If the human...

DNA has been found to have a bizarre ability to put itself together, even at a distance, when according to known science it shouldn't be able to. Explanation: None, at...

A team of MIT scientists recorded a nearly simultaneous world-wide increase in methane levels -the first increase in ten years. What baffles the team is that this data contradicts theories...

Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey has famously stated, “The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring...

Foreign genetic elements have integrated themselves into the genomes of several mammalian and reptilian species via horizontal transfer, rather than by traditional vertical inheritance, according to a new report. Cédric...

Located some 3 kilometers underneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean,, scientists have discovered the hottest water ever found on Earth emanating from two black smokers called Two Boats and...

In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the little understood phenomenon sometimes called the “Overview Effect”. He describes being completely engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness....

“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.” ~From the movie Fight Club, based on the novel by Chuck...