THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. Published in The Planetary Science Journal ...

In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney stone, revealing a previously unrecognized component involved in their ...

Abstract: This paper investigates a distributed model predictive control formation method for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to cope with potential communication delay (CD) and packet dropout (PD) in ...

James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view capturing some of the oldest galaxies ever observed, revealing new insights into early galaxy formation and cosmic history. Pixabay, WikiImages The James ...

New research uses laboratory experiments to demonstrate that water is naturally created during the planet formation process. By squeezing and heating planetary analog materials between the tips of two ...

Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years. New experimental work ...

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” Before mining can ever start, though, there has to be ore in the ...

Hackaday has a long-running series on Mining and Refining, that tracks elements of interest on the human-made road from rocks to riches. What author Dan Maloney doesn’t address in that series is the ...

ABSTRACT: An old erg covers the northern part of the Lake Chad basin. This dune landform allowed the formation of many interdune ponds of various sizes. Still present in certain zones where the ...

What can ancient moon rocks tell us about the origins of Earth, the future of space travel, and even the water we drink? At Case Western Reserve University, professor and geochemist Jim Van Orman is ...