Thermal controls within the sealed payload kept the chamber near 30 °C, allowing the pupa to complete metamorphosis. The ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth ...

Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...

Sophie Adenot is now circling Earth at an altitude of roughly 400 kilometres, part of a long-duration mission aboard the ...

A team of researchers has produced the strongest experimental evidence yet that Earth’s iron core holds enormous quantities ...

UA officials at Biosphere 2 are working to mold the site of the controversial experiment into a premier scientific hub that gives the public unprecedented access to climate and ecological research.

NASA uses a portable microplate reader on the International Space Station to study bone loss, providing real-time biological data for astronaut health and space biology research.

NASA planetary defense experts warn that up to 15,000 undetected asteroids could devastate a major city on Earth.

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has used a water blob to explain Earth's shape. Discover the physics of surface tension, rotation, and inertia in this space and physics explainer.

Sophie Adenot becomes first French woman astronaut after Claudie Haigneré to go to space after 25 years. She was selected for a long-duration mission, where her role is to carry out over 200 ...

On moonless nights between February and April along Odisha’s coast, the sand begins to stir. Olive ridley hatchlings, no larger than a child’s palm, tear free f ...

Today, we know a lot about distance work and how to make it work. Thirty years of federally funded research brought ...