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Engineers at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab are casting the sixth of seven mirror segments that together will make up the primary mirror of the Giant Magellan Telescope, currently under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert.
A new report suggests increasing fall temperatures may be a significant driver of declining butterfly populations in the western United States.
HiRISE provided data that helped NASA's Perseverance rover navigate to its designated landing site on the Red Planet. It also captured an image of the Feb. 18 descent.
Number theorist Brandon Levin and cosmologist Elisabeth Krause are two of 128 early-career scientists to be honored for their current performance and future potential in research.
Astronomers can now use ground-based telescopes to capture images of planets that could potentially harbor life within the habitable zone of the Alpha Centauri star system.
Before departing for Earth on May 10, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a final flyby of Bennu – capturing its last images of sample collection site Nightingale.
Scientists outfitted bugs with body armor to learn more about how evolution has shaped weapons in the animal kingdom and why weapons differ among species.
The university ranks in the top 4% of all U.S. universities in research and development expenditures and No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics.
The test uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and deliver results in about 10 minutes.
When Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, its effects rippled around the world. Researchers analyzed tree rings to understand how climate responded in northwestern North America. The work will help fine-tune future climate models.
