Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling ...

Observations of the Rimae Bode region on the moon reveal five distinct types of terrain and identify several potential ...

Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability ...

Drug discovery is like molecular Tetris. Chemists snap atoms together, adjusting the pieces until everything fits, and ...

Climate change is threatening modern life in ways we are still finding, from food security to the economy to everyday living.

Even when the idea of terraforming Mars was originally put forward, the idea was daunting. Changing the environment of an ...

Most plants allow fungal microorganisms to enter their root cells and provide them with carbohydrates in exchange for a ...

In 2020, a study confirmed that two planets orbited the nearby red dwarf, GJ 887. Now, astronomers have confirmed the ...

There is growing interest in the scientific community and private sector in biological approaches to marine carbon dioxide ...

Three years ago, in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the passage of an "ultra-energetic" cosmic neutrino was observed—the ...

Under the Arctic sea ice, fish and plankton live in complete darkness, even in midsummer. Ice floes stop the sun's rays, especially if they are covered by snow. As the ocean heats up, the sea ice ...