Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

"Plants have evolved ingenious ways." Scientists make surprising discovery after analyzing genetic makeup of staple crop: 'We did not expect to find [this]' first appeared on The Cool Down.

NASA is fueling an exciting future for citizen science by funding 25 new projects across diverse fields, from astrophysics to Earth science. These projects empower the public to contribute to ...

Astronomers are on high alert once again, as yet another recently discovered asteroid has been estimated by experts to make a direct impact on Earth by the year 2032. This finding is one of the many ...

When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.

The Wolfson Foundation has awarded a grant of £1.1 million to the University to set up the Wolfson X-Lab Extreme.

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958 ...

The science that was repulsive to an idea of religious belief thus began to embrace religious ideas culminating with the discovery of the Higgs boson or ‘God particle’, completing the stan­­-dard ...

The charming town of Fish Hoek boasts a picturesque beach in the shadow of mountains, a short drive from the bustling metropolis of Cape Town on South Africa’s Western Cape.