The James Webb Space Telescope has reached another major milestone in its mirror alignment process as the team has successfully worked through the second and third phases of the process and completed… [+3510 chars]
When archaeologists first glimpsed the gilded splendor of King Tutankhamuns tomb, they never thought that one of the most fascinating artifacts didnt originate in Egypt or on Earth. Tutankhamun asce… [+3587 chars]
When hydrogen atoms first formed, they absorbed and then emitted ambient 21-centimeter radiation at equal rates, which made the clouds of hydrogen that filled the primordial universe effectively invi… [+4716 chars]
China's Yutu 2 rover has made yet another curious discovery during its travels on the far side of the moon, this time turning up a pair of translucent glass globules. The rover's panoramic camera sp… [+3210 chars]
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole orbiting around it. As the orbit shrinks, the pair gets closer to merging. Supermassive black holes millio… [+4492 chars]
These tiny mineral formations give us a close-up look at the details of the surface of Mars as seen by NASA's Curiosity rover. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our serie… [+1704 chars]
Your DNA holds the blueprint to build your body, but it's a living document: Adjustments to the design can be made by epigenetic marks. Epigenetic marks are modifications to DNA bases that don't cha… [+5867 chars]
The ExoMars rover, previously expected to hurtle toward Mars later this year, really cant seem to catch a break. After facing multiple delays caused by testing issues and the pandemic, the mission fa… [+2102 chars]
