Sharmila Kuthunur

For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the faint glow of the diffuse cosmic web that stretches throughout the known the universe.

A new class of proteins found in methane deposits on Earth's seafloor could help inform the search for alien life.

New research has found the jet blasting outward from this black hole swings like a pendulum on an 11-year cycle.

The new study marks the beginning of detailed and direct pursuit of the gravitational nature of antimatter, which remains puzzlingly scarce in the universe.

A new AI method can distinguish between biotic and abiotic samples with 90% accuracy.

Fungi piggybacking on space missions is dangerous to astronaut health and spacecraft equipment, but studying its behavior is also useful for long-term space missions.

Galaxies sported disks and spiral arms as early as 3.7 billion years ago, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Team members of NASA's VERITAS Venus mission tested key technologies and techniques in volcanic regions in Iceland recently.

The autopilot on Perseverance Mars rover guided it through a particularly hazardous boulder field In July, saving weeks of precious science time.

Space germs will not piggyback on bits of Bennu that NASA's OSIRIS-REx delivers to Earth this Sunday. Here's why.

There may be less water ice trapped in the permanently shadowed regions on the moon than previously thought.

In the next month or two, India plans to launch a test mission to validate the crew escape system for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.

NASA wants citizen scientists to capture the total solar eclipse in April 2024 to help researchers learn more about the sun.

A new drug appears to promote bone formation in mice exposed to microgravity onboard the ISS.

A spherical, impact-resilient robot, which was developed to gather data and perform science on the moon or Mars, has demonstrated its usefulness to first responders here on Earth.

2023 summer was Earth's hottest since global record-keeping of temperatures began in 1880, NASA announced Thursday (Sept. 14).

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning jets blasting out of a protostar, shedding light on the makeup of very young, sun-like stars.

Tiny meteors burning up in Venus' atmosphere cause light flashes that have long been interpreted as lightning bolts, according to new research.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft just sent home an impressive glimpse of the smallest asteroid target on its 12-year agenda to study intriguing space rocks.

In a tribute to humankind's quest to explore the cosmos, two fossilized bones of ancient humans flew into space for the first time aboard Virgin Galactic's third commercial spaceflight on Sept. 8.

A specific lubricant seems to be a promising solution to mitigate microbial biofilms onboard ISS.

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander and rover are facing their first lunar night. Their chances of waking up at dawn whittle down to luck.

NASA needs to be more transparent about the costs and schedules for its Space Launch System moon rocket, a newly released audit has found.

Originally designed for a simple technology demonstration, Ingenuity has far exceeded its initial one-month, five-flight mission.

The frequency at which a star is being shredded by a black hole in a nearby galaxy offers clues into the poorly understood field of partial tidal disruption events.