mDepartment of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA nEmerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

Scientists have long been aware of the massive elliptical galaxy, M87. The galaxy was first observed in the late 18th century by Charles Messier, who cataloged objects in the sky specifically to avoid ...

Left: section of the MIRI image. Right: section of the NIRCam image. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of ...

A plant compound might be the secret weapon against gum disease Morin-based powder, extracted from guava leaves, apple peel, and figs, can be slowly released with the help of polymers and serve as an ...

Scientists armed with the immense observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected faint traces of fluorescent flatulence leaking out from the dwarf planet Makemake, which lurks ...

Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from ...

Workers harvest grapes at a farm in Lodi, California on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (Photo by Annie Barker/Stocktonia/CatchLight Local/ Report for America) LODI — Year ...

It’s a sweltering Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the kind of day that stretches the definition of Earth as a “habitable” planet. But on an eighth-floor terrace near the U.S. Capitol building, dozens of ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties ...