"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

"Sporosarcina secretes natural polymers that nurture mineral growth and strengthen regolith, turning loose soil into solid, concrete-like material," the spokesperson writes. "We envision this ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be a primitive carbonaceous object, according to a new preprint study comparing the object's ...

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A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

One of the most intriguing events of the month is the perihelion — or closest approach to Earth — of Comet 3I/ATLAS on ...

A different study by scientist Matthew Hopkins at the University of Oxford and colleagues, used a model that focused on the Milky Way's thick disk, a population of older, dynamically "hotter" stars, ...

There is no Plan B. We have to save Earth,” Jeff Bezos urged, as he considered the successful landing of Blue Origin’s New ...

A strange heartbeat-like pulse detected in interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked new debate among scientists and space ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

A new crew is heading to the International Space Station, just in time for Thanksgiving, to continue important research.