An international team is currently closely tracking the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4. The impact probability estimates for the year 2032 has been reduced from a peak of 3 percent to below 0.001 ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

The researchers first created a ready-to-ferment miso mixture using cooked soyabeans, salt and rice that had previously been fermented with a fungus called Aspergillus oryzae. The soon-to-be miso was ...

A bold new propulsion system, proposed by engineer Jim Woodward, suggests that it might be possible to escape Earth’s gravity ...

“I don’t have authority to disclose that information,” she said with a smirk. Then she turned away and began giggling like a maniac. She’d said it without saying it: Yes, sex happens. Yes, NASA can ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Japanese cuisine wouldn’t be the same without miso — but astronauts wanting use the fermented soybean staple in space one day ...

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to ...

The proposed 91-kilometer collider could be up and running by the 2040s, but it won't perform high-energy physics until 2070.

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The looming demise of three NASA satellites has scientists bracing for the loss of climate and atmospheric data — especially ...