Evidence of Universe's Inflation Lurks in New Data By Katia Moskvitch published 21 January 14 Scientists hope that in just a few months they may get a confirmation of whether accelerated expansion of the universe did indeed take place in the first fleeting moments after the Big Bang.
Giant Moon-Forming Impact On Early Earth May Have Spawned Magma Ocean By Katia Moskvitch published 8 November 13 Moon-forming giant impact caused a giant magma ocean on Earth; life appeared millions of years later, hitching a ride on a Martian rock, a scientist says.
Was the Early Moon Made of Magma 'Mush'? By Katia Moskvitch published 29 October 13 The young moon may have been a magma "mush" for hundreds of millions of years before it solidified, a scientist says.
Going Back to the Moon Could Settle Questions about Lunar Origin By Katia Moskvitch published 18 October 13 In order to truly answer the unsolved mysteries of the moon's origin, new missions to retrieve samples of the lunar surface and return them to Earth will be needed, one scientist said.
Does Mercury Hold Clues to Birth of Earth's Moon? By Katia Moskvitch published 16 October 13 Just like the moon, Mercury is a desolate, rocky and airless body, albeit a bit bigger than Earth's satellite, said Sean Solomon, the principal investigator for NASA's Messenger mission to Mercury.
Giant Impact That Formed the Moon Blew Off Earth's Atmosphere By Katia Moskvitch published 2 October 13
Did Venus Give Earth the Moon? Wild New Theory on Lunar History By Katia Moskvitch published 27 September 13 Is the moon a present from Venus, which once had a moon and then lost it? A wild new theory puts the scenario out there.
Water on Mars: Curiosity Rover Uncovers a Flood of Evidence By Katia Moskvitch published 19 September 13
Plants Use Quantum Physics to Survive By Katia Moskvitch last updated 14 October 22 Quantum effects spill out of physics labs and into wet and messy biological systems.
Atomic Clocks to Become Even More Accurate By Katia Moskvitch published 14 June 13 The ultraprecise ticker could be used to prove Einstein's general relativity and create more precise GPS systems.
New Laser Vision Helps Telescope Probe Distant Star Cluster By Katia Moskvitch published 14 May 13 The faraway star cluster NGC 6496 is 10.5 billion years old and 32,600 light-years away.
