Scientists reveal the ancestry of 90% of meteorites hitting Earth

Scientists reveal the ancestry of 90% of meteorites hitting Earth

Almost all meteorites – cosmic rocks that survive the travel through Earth’s atmosphere and hit the ground –......

Astronomers capture images of a different kind of galaxy

Astronomers capture images of a different kind of galaxy

Astronomers at the University of Cambridge have been able to observe a galaxy's unique “inside-out” growth in the......

Parts of Sahara Desert flooded for first time in recorded history

Parts of Sahara Desert flooded for first time in recorded history

A rare downpour left shimmering blue lagoons amidst the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert, delivering more water to......

Scientist claims life on Earth might have been imported from Mars

Scientist claims life on Earth might have been imported from Mars

About 2–2.5 billion years ago, life in the Solar System made a major shift from one planet onto another. Mars, on one hand,......

Humans won’t put their feet on Mars any time soon – kidneys are the problem

Humans won’t put their feet on Mars any time soon – kidneys are the problem

While billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is busy designing rockets that would take people to Mars, an international team of......

Mars hides massive structures under its surface

Mars hides massive structures under its surface

Researchers studying Mars' gravity variations have uncovered large, dense structures hidden beneath sediment layers, believed to......

[video] An invisible electric field envelopes Earth, unknown until now

[video] An invisible electric field envelopes Earth, unknown until now

A collaborative team of international scientists, including those from NASA, has identified a weak, planet-wide electric field......

Could a waterworld 70+ light-years away harbor life?

Could a waterworld 70+ light-years away harbor life?

Astronomers working with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified a distant exoplanet that may be entirely......

NASA radar spots caves and tunnels on Moon

NASA radar spots caves and tunnels on Moon

Scientists have suspected that there are conduits beneath the lunar surface for over half a century but recently they received......

Former NASA astronaut is among candidates for U.S. vice-presidency

Former NASA astronaut is among candidates for U.S. vice-presidency

United States vice-presidents traditionally oversee the space programs and particularly the National Aeronautics and Space Agency......

Triple-star system passed near Milky Way's central black hole

Triple-star system passed near Milky Way's central black hole

A hundred million years ago, a triple-star system traveled through the bustling center of our galaxy and made a life-changing......

New study confirms that our Moon is shrinking and crumbling

New study confirms that our Moon is shrinking and crumbling

This shrinkage causes the Moon's brittle surface to form faults as sections of crust collide, similar to a grape wrinkling into a......