"That is the speed of the Nanfan 'Silicon Valley'." "Nanfan" refers to the practice of using the warm southern climate to ...

Our models showed that, because of the high pressures and temperatures in the subsurface at the hydrothermal vents, the organic materials in the sediments decompose under supercritical conditions, ...

The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where the Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously formed. This is ...

This industry cluster boasts a history of more than 40 years, tracing its origins to family workshops. After decades of ...

Nearly 3.7 kilometers beneath the Greenland Sea, scientists have stumbled on a hidden landscape of icy methane and dense ...

Just off a quiet Aegean shoreline, scientists have stumbled onto a seafloor landscape that looks less like a Mediterranean ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic ...

An international team of astronomers led by Canadian researchers has found something the universe wasn't supposed to have: a ...

Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), astronomers have observed a nearby galactic globular cluster known as NGC 6569.

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...

The Champagne Cluster is a rare and beautiful example of two galaxy clusters smashing together. Its festive name comes from ...

Ecuadorian bean plants rely on helpful bacteria to convert air nitrogen into plant food. A new study found diverse native bacteria groups, some more effective than common commercial products, adapting ...