Between sightings of the aurora borealis, the solar eclipse, supermoons and plenty of other cool phenomena, there's been something in the sky to look at throughout 2024. It seems 2025 will have ...

“The average exoplanet person doesn’t care about asteroids,” says study coauthor Artem Burdanov, a planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. To those studying far ...

Not only will the nights remain long and dark after the winter solstice, but January offers some of the best planetary views all year. On January 9-10, Venus reaches its greatest eastern ...

As the nights stretch long after the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice, some of the best planetary views all year will arrive. On Jan. 9-10, Venus reaches its greatest eastern elongation ...

Planetary science is the study of the celestial bodies that orbit stars, with a particular focus on our own solar system. This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons ...

Traditional chemistry is so last year. Welcome to the world of mechanochemistry, where reactions that were thought impossible – indeed, that are impossible when attempted in more conventional ...

We have been adding “leap seconds” to time kept by our atomic clocks, but soon we may have to subtract one. Are the tiny adjustments worth the bother?

Studying life’s chemical and physical evolution—from its pre-solar beginnings through planetary formation to the emergence of life on Earth. Drawing on expertise and equipment from a broad swath of ...

December 2022 A good pepper mill is a wonderful tool for enhancing the flavor of your food. As a mill grinds pepper, it releases aromatic oils, producing a superior-tasting pepper that’s a far ...