Researchers have completed a new study of how well a variety of natural and synthetic fabrics filter particles of a similar size to the virus that...
We know that a monster asteroid impact killed off the (non-avian) dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Sixty-six million years ago, a 10-kilometer wide...
A new study by University of Alberta physicists provides an explanation for why changes to Earth's magnetic field over time are weaker over the Pacific region—a...
The 6th annual Asteroid Day will be held as a digital event on June 30, 2020. It'll feature presentations with experts, panel discussions, and question-and-answer periods....
NASA has never found life on the red planet, but a cabal of fringe scientists believe they have.
A massive star has quietly disappeared in a dwarf galaxy 75 million light-years away without a telltale supernova to signal its death. It may have gone...
Molecular biology has helped illuminate long-held questions about flowering plants
SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch is set to take place at...
A recent study on pre-supernova neutrinos—tiny cosmic particles that are extremely hard to detect—has brought scientists one step closer to understanding what happens to stars before...
Alaska's beavers are profiting from climate change, and spreading rapidly. In just a few years' time, they have not only expanded into many tundra regions where...