Heliophysics missions are quietly entering a pivotal phase, shifting from design and launch campaigns into […] ...

By Daniel McKenzie Injection wells on the surface are easy to miss, just a pipe and a bunch of knobs. Beneath that simple exterior lies an intricately designed and heavily regulated engineering feat ...

Mexican filmmakers have pulled science fiction into near space with “Ground Control,” that incorporates real images from the ...

Stefan Lovgren writes on how freshwater fish from the Arctic to Africa are endanged by climate change and the unpredictable ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

NASA have released a photograph capturing a vivid image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy just 160,000 light-years away ...

New research analysing whale life in Antarctica using DNA contained in mud samples is being pioneered in Saudi Arabia ...

Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

Shorter and colder days bring on a kind of hibernation for people as well as animals, but getting outdoors is important for families’ winter wellbeing.   Local parks and playgrounds provide one tool ...

Earth's inner core may be layered like an onion, with silicon and carbon creating distinct zones that explain seismic wave ...

It's a bit of fun, even if for the vast majority the answer was "somewhere in an ocean". But would it be possible to dig through the Earth and pop out the other side?

Oceans hiding within the crusts of distant moons are tantalizing targets for scientists looking for life beyond Earth ...