A Peculiar Solar System Has Scientists Rethinking Theories Of How Planets Form

A surprisingly large planet orbiting a small star defies the conventional wisdom about how planets are…

How to tie microscopic knots

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting…

Scientists disentangle protein-nanoparticle interactions, suggest path to drug-sensing tool

It’s always good when your intuition turns out to be right, but scientists at Rice University…

An unexpectedly enormous planet is orbiting a tiny star

A surprisingly huge world is orbiting a small star 31 light years away – and it…

Galaxy found to float in a tranquil sea of halo gas

Using one cosmic mystery to probe another, astronomers have analyzed the signal from a fast radio…

Obscured in the Lunar Highlands?

. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed over the Vikram landing site on Sept. 17 and acquired…

Radar installed to better watch unstable Mont Blanc glacier

A radar system has been installed to better monitor a fast-moving glacier on the Italian side…

Natural selection alters genes that control roundworms' sense of smell

Charles Darwin was right. Click here for original story, Natural selection alters genes that…

Natural selection alters genes that control roundworms' sense of smell

Researchers have produced some of the first evidence that shows that artificial selection and natural selection…

Link between stress and circadian clock health

New research found a little stress can make the circadian clock run better and faster. …