New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

Gold, uranium, and other heavy elements on Earth did not form here. They were born in the violent deaths of massive stars and the collisions of neutron stars, traveling across the galaxy before ...

Scientists have discovered that the far side of the Moon is colder deep within its interior than the side that always faces ...

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists ...

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

A surprising new study reveals that the first stars appeared in a pre-heated universe, challenging earlier ideas about early cosmic conditions.

The air around and above us always has some water vapor and some particles in it. The particles could be dust or salt or even ...

Humans have been making metal alloys for thousands of years, and most of us can conjure a rough mental image of the ...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new ...

Scientists analyzing moon rock from China’s Chang’e 6 mission find the far side of the moon may be colder deep down than the ...