Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting develo
New evidence points to the evolution of the ability for bacteria to grab nitrogen from the atmospher
A dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way may consist of more dark matter than regular matter.* Clara Moskow
NASA has to deal with the unexpected financial consequences of robotic missions that just keep going
The oldest group of terrestrial worlds now known formed some 11.2 billion years ago, more than six b
New images from a NASA orbiter reveal Beagle 2’s final resting place. Lee Billings reports
Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy’s latest comet find is naked-eye visible in the southeas
The company hopes to send up a Falcon 9 rocket and then safely land the discarded first stage for re
John Grunsfeld, the former astronaut who now heads NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, thinks that t
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is its particular crimson shade because of the interaction of ultraviolet l
Over the summer researchers identified seven specks of dust returned to Earth by the Stardust spacec
The Rosetta spacecraft has unexpectedly detected hydrogen sulphide and ammonia coming from Comet Chu
Take part in a citizen-science project by helping researchers track high-energy cosmic rays via a ne
Astronomers have discovered one of the largest and most complex organic molecules yet in a gaseous s
Data from the International Space Station-based Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment supports the
Texas State University astronomer Donald Olson combined solar, tidal and weather data to identify th
Astronomers have identified the Milky Way’s cosmic address—inside the supercluster Laniakea, which m
On August 24th, 1989, the Voyager 2 spacecraft rendezvoused with Neptune, making it the farthest pla
If intelligent aliens are dumb enough to pollute their atmosphere, NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space
Within a Mars-like laboratory environment, perchlorate salts known to exist on Mars were able to low
The Cassini probe readies for its final act with new flight patterns that will get unprecedented vie
