"Over time, the rays will darken to the shade of the surrounding regolith as the material is exposed to space weathering," ...

On Nov. 19, 2005, Prince Albert II formally became ruler of Monaco, assuming the throne of his late father, Prince Rainier.

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It’s an excellent rehearsal for if we need to use interplanetary missions to calculate the path of a more threatening object.

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NASA is facing increasingly sharp challenges as it pursues its goal of landing astronauts on the moon again before this ...

NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) over the surface of the moon. Credit: Space.com | imagery credit: Credit : ...

Researchers at KRISS observed water’s rapid freeze–melt cycles under ultrahigh pressure and discovered Ice XXI, the first new ...

From silent gliders to ocean wanderers, some birds command the skies with wings that defy belief. Discover the giants of the ...

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A joint research team from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS) and Shandong University ...