Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water purification and environmental solutions. Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, deep soil layers t…

Researchers mapped a far-infrared landscape brimming with nearly 2,000 galaxies. There may be "hidden galaxies" lurking just out of sight.

Engineers and physicists at UCL have developed a new fabrication process for building quantum computers that achieves an almost zero failure rate and shows strong potential for scalability, according to new research. A study published in Advanced Materials re…

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured rare footage of dust devils interacting on Mars, offering new insights into the planet’s atmosphere.

"We can chart a course for Mars in line with the president's vision to return to the moon before the Chinese can get there and figure out the space economy and do the other things."

The universe doesn't come with an instruction manual—but if it did, University of Missouri Assistant Professor Charles Steinhardt suspects a few pages are missing. Either the universe has been playing by different rules all along, or humanity has been reading…

A major discovery in West Africa is rewriting human history—archaeologists have found stone tools dating back 150,000 years in what was once a lush rainforest.

A bright star from our Milky Way has unexpectedly "photobombed" a distant galaxy in a stunning new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This cosmic coincidence offers a surprising look at how light interacts across vast distances—discover the full st…

A new study suggests that terraforming Mars might not be as impossible as we once thought. With a potential first step outlined, could humanity be closer to turning the Red Planet into a habitable world?

People in states including Idaho, Montana and North Dakota may be able to catch a glimpse of the northern lights on Wednesday night.

A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This detection confirms the feasibility of this formation route for nuclei in dwarf galaxies, which has long been debated. The study was publish…

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is hidden in our solar system.

When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, many in the space industry assumed there would be immediate changes at NASA, particularly in its human spaceflight programs. Elon Musk had …

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

In a new experiment, physicists have replicated the famous Schrödinger's cat experiment at hotter temperatures than ever before. The breakthrough is a small but significant step toward quantum computers that can work at normal temperatures.

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