Rotifers can live for at least 24,000 years in Siberian permafrost.

A catalyst that destroys perchlorate in water could clean Martian soil

Nine examples of domesticated Brassica rapa, a species humans have bred into root vegetables.

A cut-away of Earth’s interior shows the solid iron inner core (red) slowly growing.

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The aurora borealis’ swirling curtains of green light, captured in Alaska.

Examples of the geometries the high-throughput 3D bioprinter can rapidly produce.

View of a cloud-free Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Fossil cupules from an ancient plant unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China

Five proteins, shown here in different colors, make up a viral DNA-packaging motor.

Close-up view of a super-deep diamond highlights inclusions, seen as black spots.

Mangroves on the banks of the Vellikeel River in Kerala, India.

Sargassum piled up on a beach in Palm Beach County, Florida.

A July 12, 2021, coronal mass ejection seen in coronagraphs.

An analysis of Big Data traces where water goes when it leaves the Atlantic Ocean basin.