New seismic analyses of the magma under the Yellowstone supervolcano are sharpening the picture of what lies beneath and keeps features such as the Grand Prismatic Hot Spring (shown) simmering. Marie-Louise Mandl/EyeEm/Getty Images By Carolyn Gramling December 15,...

Cracks and ridges crisscross the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa in this closeup image captured September 29 by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image data: JPL-Caltech/NASA, SWRI, MSSS; Image processing: Paul Schenk  ( CC-BY 3.0 ) By Carolyn Gramling December 15, 2022 at...

JWST observed this region of the sky (in the boxes) that includes and extends a region observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Scientists used the new space telescope to take multi-wavelength measurements of some of the most distant galaxies ever seen, confirming...

Extensions branch out of a nerve cell (illustrated) to create connections called synapses. Inactive, or silent, synapses, now found in adult mice, may be important for forming new memories, new research suggests. koto_feja/E+/Getty Images By Claudia López Lloreda...

Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient for life here on Earth, but it may abound in the underground ocean of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus (pictured). JPL/NASA, Space Science Institute By Nikk Ogasa December 16, 2022 at 11:00 am CHICAGO — The last key ingredient for life has...