
Rare Newborn Planet May Be the Youngest Ever Detected
The Kepler space telescope has discovered an exoplanet that is just five million to 10 million years old—much younger than the typical planet
The Kepler space telescope has discovered an exoplanet that is just five million to 10 million years old—much younger than the typical planet
The discovery of an object 17 billion times the sun's mass may mean many more such monsters are out there
When the Space Launch System launches in 2018, its passengers will be 13 small CubeSats off to explore the solar system
Rocketing along at more than 960,000 miles per hour, the rare star is stained in mysterious carbon
NASA’s Veggie program takes a big step forward in its goal to learn how to grow more complicated plants in space
Astronomers witness a white dwarf star ripping worlds to pieces in real time
A Q&A with artist Sydney Padua, whose graphic novel illustrates the Victorian mathematician’s friendship with inventor Charles Babbage
Moving at 35,000 kilometers per hour, the mysterious waves could come from stellar flares or unseen planets
Experiments in the chamber could answer these five questions
The Deep Space Climate Observatory watches our planet from more than a million kilometers away
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The field is 27 times more powerful than Earth’s and sits at an angle on the planet, changing chaotically as it interacts with the solar wind
Why does the membrane look remarkably similar in mammals and reptiles?
Modern-day alligators may illustrate how dinosaurs went from two-legged to four
A “time machine” algorithm, backed by experimental data, reveals how to cycle drugs to reverse resistance
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Geologists release the most detailed data set yet on the explosive choreography between water and steam
Parents pass down “memories” of recent temperatures to prepare seed for incoming spring weather
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