10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (723+ words) Ancient dust from asteroid Ryugu reveals how nitrogen-rich compounds may have formed and survived before reaching young planets. Tiny grains collected from asteroid Ryugu have revealed how nitrogen-rich compounds may have formed and survived in space before reaching young planets....

10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (817+ words) Scientists have developed a yeast-based material that could one day help astronauts 3D print structures on Mars using local resources. Building on Mars presents extreme challenges. The planet has freezing temperatures, intense radiation exposure and an atmosphere too thin to support…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (633+ words) They looked almost identical, but their DNA told a story nearly 10 million years in the making. The Waorani hunters knew where to look. Wading into river systems threading through their territory in Ecuador’s Orellana and Pastaza provinces, they led a…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (903+ words) New research suggests that giant sunspots may give the Sun the ability to produce rare and powerful superflares. New research suggests that the Sun may be capable of producing rare superflares, extreme eruptions that could release energy far beyond the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (730+ words) A new study suggests that tiny salt fractures on Mars could temporarily trap liquid water and create protected environments for microbial life. A new study suggests that microscopic cracks inside Martian salt crystals could temporarily hold liquid water, creating possible…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (469+ words) Nasa’s curiosity rover has reached 5000 martian days on mars, marking a milestone in a mission that continues to study the planet’s ancient environments. When curiosity landed inside Gale crater on August 6, 2012, the rover began investigating whether mars once contained environments…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (682+ words) Thousands of meters below the ocean surface, researchers recorded squid they rarely get to see. The unusual footage is revealing a mysterious side of deep-sea life that few have ever witnessed. A rare bigfin squid has been recorded nearly 3,300 meters…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (520+ words) A scientist spent months beneath the ocean in a place few humans have ever reached, and what researchers found after his return was unexpected. For 100 days, biomedical engineer Joseph Dituri lived in a small habitat 22 feet beneath the ocean off…...