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This ACS video explains the science behind astronomical aromas and celestial body odors
UMass Amherst astronomer, part of international team, takes a close-up look at comet.
Rock soil droplets formed by heating most likely came from Stone Age house fires and not from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 years ago, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. The study, of soil from Syria, is the latest to discredit the controversial theory that a cosmic impact triggered the Younger Dryas cold period.
Among the billions and billions of stars in the sky, where should astronomers look for infant Earths where life might develop?
Scientists have discovered an invisible shield roughly 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called “killer electrons,” which can fry satellites and degrade space systems during intense solar storms.
Berkeley Lab astrophysicist David Schlegel weighs in on Hollywood science and untapped concepts for future sci-fi flicks.
ACS examines the fun of the Kerbal Space Program and examines the chimistry of rockets in this ACS Reactions video
Maintaining astronaut bone and muscle health in microgravity is an ongoing concern for NASA, and now the agency is “forcing” the issue with a new investigation.
Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the plants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.
