By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of ...

In 1974, astronomers sent a call out into the cosmos from a massive telescope in Puerto Rico. The anniversary of the message brings reflections on a new missive to the stars and grief for a lost ...

Observing our planet from the International Space Station since July 2022, NASA's EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source ...

New research co-authored by Duncan Watson-Parris of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Halıcıoğlu ...

Look up to the night sky Friday night for November’s full moon, 2024’s last supermoon, followed by the Leonid meteor shower ...

The study identified when water interacted with the meteorite and established that the dating was unaffected by events after ...

The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one ...

One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating ...

Weak electric field discovered in Earth's atmosphere. Electric field crucial to understanding polar wind flow. Field could explain why Earth is habitable.

SpaceX's massive rocket aims for new milestones in reusability and in-space maneuvers, paving the way for lunar and Mars ...

Researchers have discovered that industrial pollution can cause liquid clouds to turn into ice clouds when it is cold.

Uranus's upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades - and now scientists have shown why.Observations from Earth have shown Uranus' upper atmosphere ...