International researchers have discovered the first animal that doesn’t need oxygen to live. The organism, a parasite called Henneguya salminicola that is distantly related to coral...
Earth has a tiny new companion in its journey around the sun — at least for now. The new “mini-moon” is an asteroid called 2020 CD3. It’s about...
<!––>Yutu-2: the Chang’e-4 rover. (Courtesy: Chinese Lunar Exploration Program) China’s Chang’E-4 mission has given us the first detailed view of the subsurface geology on the far...
Tumbling through Earth’s increasingly crowded orbit are about 5,000 satellites, half a million pieces of human-made debris and only one confirmed natural object: the moon. Now,...
TORONTO — A dinosaur-related puzzle that baffled scientists for more than half a century has been solved. The mystery dates back to 1954, when one researcher...
Earth may have had a ‘mini-moon’ for three years that has only just been discovered, according to astronomers who spotted the object orbiting the planet. The...
The subsurface stratigraphy seen by Yutu-2 radar on the far side of the moon. Credit: CLEP/CRAS/NAOC A little over a year after landing, China’s spacecraft Chang’E-4...
Foto: China National Space Administration China’s Yutu-2 rover, part of its Chang’e 4 lunar mission, rolls across the far side of the moon in January 2019....
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and you’ve got a clear sky Thursday, look to the southwest and you’ll see a very bright Venus alongside...
Scientists have discovered an unusual species of parasite hiding the muscles of salmon. The tiny species, comprised of just ten cells, is unlike all other animals...
