A plant has been found that can grow on Mars
A future civilization on Mars could be accompanied by a very special and resilient little plant.A kind of moss found in the desert — named Syntrichia caninervis— may be able…
A future civilization on Mars could be accompanied by a very special and resilient little plant.A kind of moss found in the desert — named Syntrichia caninervis— may be able…
Jupiter has long been known for its Great Red Spot, but only recently have scientists learned more about how and how long ago it formed.The huge vortex on the side…
"The James Webb Telescope: Are We Alone?" on The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper offers an inside look at the most powerful telescope ever built. The show premieres Sunday, June…
Nearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star located just 63 light-years from Earth. In recent observations from Webb Space Telescopehowever,…
The Pleistocene epoch—with its glaciers, woolly mammoths, and Neanderthals—is still looming in Earth's rearview mirror, having ended just 12,000 years ago. Now a team of researchers suggests that those hundreds…
A powerful solar flare was emitted from the same sunspot that produced the spectacular northern lights on May 10.The May 29 solar flare was measured as an X1.4 flare, one…
A hot exoplanet billions of miles away has been discovered, studded with so many volcanoes that it will apparently glow in the darkness of space.This planet, called TOI-6713.01, orbits a…
Artist's concept of a dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn's moon Titan. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben What if there was a spacecraft that could land on an Earth-like world…