No space suit required! Designed for middle-school students, Down To Earth is an anywhere, anytime program for everyone, regardless of prior knowledge of space research. With our online program, ...

The latest discovery will likely reinforce the theory that the amino acids that exist on Earth today were brought by meteorites that rained down on the planet after it cooled. Past analyses of ...

Our bodies break down this protein into its constituent parts, called amino acids. These amino acids are used to make proteins inside our bodies, for example, in order to repair damaged tissue.

Life is starting to look a lot less like an outcome of chemistry and physics, and more like a computational process ...

This is the point furthest from land on planet Earth, also known as the spacecraft cemetery. Many old satellites and other space debris have crashed there, including the Russian space station Mir ...

DNA encodes the complete genetic instructions for every living organism on earth using just four variables ... by a one-dimensional string of amino acids linked together in a particular order.

During the Late Heavy Bombardment, a period between 4.1–3.8 billion years ago when more impact events hammered our planet, Earth’s surface was partially solid. Amino acids, hydrocarbons and other ...

As early as Oct. 10, a small piece of Colorado will begin its more than six-year journey to Jupiter's mysterious moon Europa-which, scientists ...

Somewhere out there, a Keanu Reeves fan in Kansas City will cry themself to sleep tonight knowing they missed an excellent chance to meet him on Wednesday. But enough about this writer. The ...

Leaving its crew behind in orbit, Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Friday and chalked up a successful unpiloted return to Earth, closing out a ...

Breastfeeding shapes infant microbiome, reducing asthma risk, especially within the first three months of milk intake.

touching down at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico. The capsule returned autonomously to Earth without its two crew members, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will remain ...