Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

An aluminum-coated polymer film is used to shield satellites from temperature extremes. Researchers at Empa have succeeded in ...

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The rapid expansion of high-throughput sequencing technologies has generated unprecedented amounts of multi-omics data, ...

Models suggest that clear ice, sourced and distilled on Mars, could offer a feasible alternative for building stable off-world structures.

Drawing wide domestic acclaim – and more than 100,000 visitors since its March opening – the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & ...

From rocket launch to reentry, satellites are adding CO2 and other pollutants to every layer of Earth's atmosphere.

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting ...

Goodbye to lithium? The new sodium battery, safer and more economical, promises more than 5,000 hours of useful life.

Irish planetary scientists have christened a spider-like feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa as "Damhán Alla," which ...