A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere.
Yet testing such theories is difficult without geological samples to examine. The solution, according to...
An extra treat is coming Earth’s way for Halloween, compliments of the cosmos.
On Oct. 31, there will be a nearly global blue moon for the first time since 1944, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. Weather permitting, all of the United States — major...
The search for Planet Nine — a hypothesized ninth planet in our solar system — may come down to pinpointing the faintest orbital trails in an incredibly dark corner of space.
That’s exactly what Yale astronomers Malena Rice and Gregory Laughlin are...
A new generation of materials, engineered at the microscopic level, is poised to bring major advances to wireless communications, biomedical research, laser technologies, energy research, and computing.
At the heart of that research is symmetry,...
In separate articles published recently by The Geological Society of London, Yale geologists David Evans, R. Damian Nance, and their colleagues debate the existence of Pannotia, a supercontinent that may — or may not — have formed near the South Pole...
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the American health care system continued to rise in the past decade — accounting for 8% of total U.S. emissions — and remains the largest emitter of any country.
A pair of new Yale-led studies described the...
Yale University has launched a campus-wide initiative that will unite institutional leadership and academic experts across the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, professional schools, and the humanities in an intensive effort to tackle the...
After 20 years and four previous phases, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey’s Phase V(SDSS V) is ready to give Yale astronomers a new look at the wonders of the cosmos.
The survey’s mission is ambitious: It aims to create a detailed, three-dimensional map of...
As any parent homeschooling a young student knows all too well, finding fun science experiments that can be conducted safely and affordably at home — while also conveying important scientific concepts — isn’t easy.
All too often, home experiments require...
Islands jutting up from the world’s oceans provided environmental conditions necessary for early life to flourish, a new study co-authored by a Yale scientist suggests.
Significantly, the finding offers important evidence supporting one of the most...