For years, specialists have observed multiple flashes of light on the Moon. Initially, many believed them to be illusions, ...

The moon's thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

Dad was a hillwalker, but the Munro Book was written by mountaineers. It contained sentences such as: “A pleasantly airy ...

Consolmagno, who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows, is one of fifteen scientists who ...

“We’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or ‘planetesimals’, must form further back in time at earlier ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun." ...

Anders co-wrote reviews of the abundances of different elements in the sun and in meteorites that were foundational in the field and have been cited thousands of times. He also catalogued organic ...

Every fortress in Bhutan hosts an annual festival, and the time is coming for the Paro Tschechu festival of the Rinpung Dzong ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

What are the largest shapes in the Universe? The answer might be found in the most unassuming places here on Earth ...