Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, accidentally cracked open a seemingly ordinary rock, revealing an unexpected yellow substance ...

This time, it has come through an unintentional clash between the Curiosity Rover and a Martian rock in the Gediz Vallis ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

Ultramarine dye was the most expensive in Europe until the 19th century, as the lapis lazuli from which it was produced was ...

Discover the Azores, Portugal's island paradise, offering volcanic landscapes, rich culture and unforgettable adventures from whale watching to geothermal spas.

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

For over two decades, physicists have been working toward implementing quantum light storage—also known as quantum memory—in ...

New research led by the University of Liverpool in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) ...

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates — The humble road rumble strip, used around the world to alert drifting drivers to potential hazards or lane departures, can play Beethoven on a mountain highway in the ...

Temporal trends of total mercury (THg) were examined in female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) hair (n = 199) from the Barents Sea in 1995–2016. In addition, hair values of stable isotopes (n = 190–197) ...