A study reconstructs the chemical composition of key molecules in stars by analyzing their infrared fingerprints.

Variations in its crystal structure could help researchers better understand how lunar minerals form and evolve under extreme ...

NASA has detected a massive gas planet in deep space that is being pulled out of its orbit by a wildly violent and unexplained event deep in the cosmos.

The universe has a hidden structure, and a University of Virginia professor is mapping it in 3D, using 46 million galaxies ...

Mercury is a small, rocky planet about which researchers know relatively little. Two missions, taking readings as they passed ...

Scientists have mapped how Earth’s deepest mantle is being deformed—and the results point to long-lost tectonic plates buried ...

The chemical composition of meteorites and asteroids acts as a kind of fingerprint, providing information about the origin of the building materials that formed the Earth. Using a new analysis of ...

On the occasion of World Earth Day, the conversation around sustainability often turns to forests, oceans, and climate. Yet, one of the most critical resources sustaining life remains largely ...

Scientists believe that gold and other precious metals are slowly leaking to the surface from Earth's core through Hawaiian ...

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from ...

Scientists were surprised to discover cassowaries glow under ultraviolet light. It may help the birds distinguish between ...