The Wolf Moon waxed full on Jan. 13. You may have seen it - the first full moon of the New Year - hanging low on the horizon these last several evenings, tinted orangish-yellow like a tropical fruit.

A tall, column-shaped cactus native to South America goes by many names, including Queen of the Night cactus, Hedge cactus, ...

Research work on building China's Chang'e 7 lunar exploration mission includes sending a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere. "We know that the moon is vacuum with no ...

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The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

A mutation that causes an amino-acid substitution in a channel called CNGC15 in the plant cell’s nucleus boosts the formation of such endosymbiotic relationships.