“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

One in ten people in the UK have a needle phobia so serious it means they frequently miss out on vital treatments such as ...

NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where the ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists ... development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. Deployed in space, the device, more than 100 ...

One such project, called SWIM (Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers), is being led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion ... small. Their wedge-shaped bodies are about 12 centimeters long. A device ...

Jonathan Watts relates the extraordinary life of scientist, engineer, Gaia theorist and spy, Englishman James Lovelock.

The scientists who had ... established the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program to develop a compact reactor that would power a jet engine. An aircraft reactor was a significant challenge. The reactor ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which lies ... Wildfire smoke is warming the planet more than previously thought, scientists say The Eaton fire is one of several big blazes churning through ...

Scientists are working on an ambitious dark ... The experts have begun testing a device that measures tiny signals by firing lasers through graphite sheets levitating in zero gravity.