The parabolic flight travels up and down several times on a trajectory resembling an arch, providing 22 seconds of zero ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...

Earth in early times looked a lot different than it does now. It was a hot, high-pressure environment with no ozone layer and no oxygen in the atmosphere. Still, organisms that existed at these times ...

The California startup Vast has opened a call for scientific research aboard its Haven-1 private space station, which is set ...

Colleges and universities are digging into their own pockets to temporarily support graduate students and faculty in limbo after the Trump administration’s sudden cancellation—and stalled review—of ...

Polaris Dawn, the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflight missions, announced today the extensive suite of science and research experiments the crew and SpaceX will conduct throughout ...

New grants totaling over $1.6 million fund the study of everything from inclusive research approaches to carbon exchange in ...

News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual gathering of Earth, ocean and space scientists ...

The shutdown of the US government, about to enter its third week, is starting to take a toll on US science. Since the shutdown began, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cancelled ...