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The atmosphere of Venus hasnt been physically explored in decades, but MIT researchers aim to change that in an upcoming mission.

With multiple rovers landed and a mission set to return samples to Earth, Mars has dominated the search for life in the solar system for decades. But

MIT announced the first of a series of privately funded space probes that will use specially designed laser equipment to examine the composition of the atmosphere on Venus to determine if microbial life can exist in its clouds of sulfuric acid.

As the global economic recovery from COVID-19 continues, decisions regarding emissions strategies can have important implications on regional climate change.

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ACME AtronOmatic, LLC, creators of the popular MyRadar mobile and desktop application, coupled with Purdue University’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary

From delivering nearly a quarter of a million COVID-19 vaccine doses to learning how puppies communicate, the University of Arizona's expertise in a variety of fields has made international headlines in 2021.

As the global economic recovery from COVID-19 continues, decisions regarding emissions strategies can have important implications on regional climate

Understanding the evolution, dispersals, behaviors, and ecologies of early African Homo sapiens requires accurate geochronological placement of fossils and artifacts. We introduce open-air occurrences of such remains in sediments of the Middle Awash study area in Ethiopia. We describe the stratigraphic and depositional contexts of our discoveries and demonstrate the effectiveness of recently developed uranium-series dating of ostrich eggshell at validating and bridging across more traditional ra...

Woodsmoke from massive wildfires burning in California shrouded much of the West last summer, making it harder for people suffering from respiratory

Daniel Rothman says carbon in the atmosphere may push our seas past a tipping point, triggering a cascading catastrophe for global ecosystems that we do not yet fully understand