Category: 7. Science

On Episode 185 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Jim Green, NASA’s former chief scientist, about snow on the moon.

Snow on…

As stars age, they expand. That’s bad news for planets orbiting close to their stars, according to a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society this month.

The study suggests that planets closest to their…

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra’s song Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with the Apollo…

For centuries, scientists have wondered about the true structure of the Moon’s interior. Now, after years of research, a groundbreaking study has provided clarity. Published in Nature, this study reveals that the Moon’s core is solid and…

In a new study, scientists compared genomes from 154 animal species and found that land animals share genetic tricks for surviving outside water.

The project, which involved teams in the United Kingdom and Spain, covered almost every major branch…

A recently discovered impact crater in China is among the best-preserved ever found, offering researchers new insight into how space rocks shaped our present-day Earth.

The Jinlin crater site in Zhaoqing, Guangdong…

Humans are unique in developing permanent breasts that send sexual signals, says Stuart Blackman. However, there is another primate with an ostentatious chest.

Ethiopian geladas have bald chest patches that are bright red. As the sole…