Researchers used the NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map specific chemical contents of comet 3I/ATLAS as it moved away from the Sun. Image: NASA ...

The finding has important implications for understanding both galaxy formation and the nature of dark matter itself.

For more than ten years, a mysterious pink world has puzzled astronomers. Discovered in 2013, GJ504b, nicknamed the Pink Planet, orbits a Sun‑like star about 57 light‑years away. Despite its name, ...

Stacked OSIRIS+ image of Andromeda XXXVI with a field of view of 7.8 × 7.8 arcmin. In the inset a negative color zoom-in on Andromeda XXXVI is seen. The overdensity is clearly evident in-between two ...

What is the largest scorpion in the world? New research reveals that the biggest ever scorpion is Praearcturus gigas, which ...

In a new analysis, researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) detected significant divergences in the expression of Alzheimer’s disease risk ...

For most of us, quantum physics feels like something that belongs in the invisible world of atoms and photons. It’s the science of the very small, where particles can be in two places at once, or ...

Southern California is, in most ways, a geological paradox. Over a century has passed since the last significant break affected large parts of Los Angeles, but tectonic tension still grips the ground ...

A Martian meteorite has unveiled something extraordinary: a previously unknown rock type containing garnet, the first time this mineral has ever been identified on Mars. This discovery is more than a ...

In Down syndrome, a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. It is still the most common live-birth survivable chromosomal disorder, with an incidence of about 1 in 700. It is known for more than ...

Physicists have been trying to use quantum mechanics for decades to build computers that could solve problems currently out of reach of classical machines. Options are many, including superconducting ...

India’s Chandrayaan‑3 mission has revealed that the Moon’s south pole is much more electrically active than scientists expected. This region, once thought to be quiet and calm, actually has a lively ...