Astronomers have discovered that the sun had a close encounter with two blazingly hot massive stars around 4.4 million years ...

When a gas is highly energized, its electrons get torn from the parent atoms, resulting in a plasma—the oft-forgotten fourth ...

Shreyaan Chhabra, a computer science major, said he chose the class because he likes gaming and heard that Moshiri was a good ...

Kevin Skarupa shares what he discussed during recent visits to the IMPACT Academy at Granite State Independent Learning at ...

High in the Peruvian Andes, where clouds cling to steep slopes and moss drapes every branch, archaeologists have mapped more ...

Researchers at Cornell University have made a remarkable breakthrough by creating the first map of colors produced by microorganisms that populate Earth's clouds. These tiny living beings, such as ...

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud cover could help astronomers search for signs of life beyond our planet.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Storing data in the cloud does not automatically make it safe. The infrastructure is physical and vulnerable to attacks, failures and human error. Cloud providers ...

Researchers spotted a colossal cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way, filled with turbulent motion, newborn star seeds, and even a natural microwave laser. This newly found Midpoint cloud appears to ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...