Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

John Casani spent more than half a century turning speculative ideas about distant worlds into working spacecraft that could survive the trip. His quiet influence at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

At the end of the 1600s, Newton proposed the universal law of gravitation: that every particle attracts every other particle ...

The discovery of two remarkable substellar companions orbiting distant stars has been announced by an international team of ...

It’s been more than half a century since humans last walked on the Moon, but we’re on the verge of doing so again.

On Friday the German Bundestag approved the 2026 federal budget, which paves the way for €476 mln to be allocated for carbon removal (CDR) between 2026 and 2033, including €156 mln to be spent next ...

Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the origin ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed ...

Learn how to build a simple solar cell at home using copper tape, plastic cups, and water. This step-by-step science experiment demonstrates how to harness solar energy to generate electricity.

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.