One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they have shown how it could have formed on our planet eons ago. But not everyone ...
Australian researchers have played a central role in a landmark result from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in South ...
Normal matter – which makes up everything we see and touch – isn’t the only type of matter present in the universe.
One of the oldest unsolved riddles in planetary science concerns the origin of the moon. Over a century ago, George Darwin ...
In the spirit of the season, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is changing color as it leaves the sun behind — shifting from a ...
When MPEX begins operations in 2028, it will help researchers design, model and refine the building blocks of future fusion ...
Some plants produce heat, which has long puzzled botanists. But a new study suggests that infrared radiation is an ancient method to lure beetle pollinators ...
An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth. Spectroscopic data from NASA’s JWST suggest the disk contains the raw materials for ...