By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of ...

Discovering the solar system and the Milky Way is an exciting experience for children. A number of sites offer fun and ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence that astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae are ...

Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe -- and in any hypothetical ones beyond it -- can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation. This ...