A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

“Microlightning” exchanges among water droplets could have sparked the building blocks of life on ancient Earth, new research finds. Here, a wave breaks on White Sand Beach on the Thai island of Koh ...

In the early 1990s, eight people agreed to vanish from the world and live for two years inside a sealed glass habitat in the ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates. When ...

April 12 (UPI) --Everyone looks forward to the weekend, and NASA is no exception as it eagerly awaits the return of multiple space-station experiments that could offer insights into growing vegetables ...

This shifts our entire perspective on what makes a planet “Earth-like.” Nature is far more creative than our own solar system suggests. The universe might be teeming with “magma-shielded” worlds that ...

The reentry capsule for the Foton-M3 spacecraft, which has been in low-Earth orbit for the last 12 days, successfully landed this morning in an uninhabited area 150 km south of the town of Kustanay in ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, according to a new study.

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In the 1931 movie “Frankenstein,” Dr. Henry Frankenstein howling his triumph was an electrifying moment in more ways than one. As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster ...