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The chemical fingerprints of lunar rocks suggest that Earth and the moon were born with their water already present
The Kepler spacecraft has discovered a pair of exoplanets in a star's habitable zone and close to Earth in size, bringing scientists closer to finding a true twin of our planet
A 3-D-printed vortex-maker may improve understanding of braided fluids in nature, such as in the sun's outer atmosphere, superconductive materials, liquid crystals and quantum fields
NASA probes observed the new belt for weeks before a solar shock wave wiped it out
The proximity of HD 140283, at 186 light-years from our solar system, made it a target of a highly precise age measurement that put it at 13.2 billion years old
Rock is among the oldest known from the Red Planet and matches findings from NASA rovers
The recently spotted cloud might be a planet-forming disk of matter
Despite the cancellation of the Terrestrial Planet Finder telescope, astrobiologists are modeling possible chemical biomarkers that could be used to detect indicators of life on newfound worlds
Mathematicians have re-created the intricate patterns of ice formation, a breakthrough that could lead to new models of red blood cells, soap bubbles and other surfaces that evolve over time
Physicists explore the concept that cold states of matter can form repeated patterns in time
Kepler telescope discovers miniature extrasolar planetary system
A NASA mission looks for extra time to battle stellar noise
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