It's well known that many animals, including migratory birds, butterflies, and even fish, use the sun for navigational purposes. Nocturnal animals are dealt a more difficult hand, however, as the moon ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

How is carbon metabolized and processed in different ecosystems? In a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, researchers led by Joely Maak, the study's first author and ...

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger Didymos around the sun.

Earth’s elliptical path around the Sun does more than keep the planet in a stable orbit. Because that path is not a perfect ...

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us ...

Program giving academic, financial support helps City Colleges grads earn more, study finds By Mary Norkol. Support works: Community college students who participate in the Chicag ...

How is carbon metabolized and processed in different ecosystems? In a recent study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, researchers led by Joely Maak, the study’s first author ...

New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022 ...

An asteroid, previously used by NASA for a planetary defence test, has been successfully shifted onto a slightly altered path around the sun, scientists reported on Friday. This landmark achievement ...