TEHRAN (ANA)- What happens when scientists try to reinvent rice for life on the Moon? You get a tiny, 10cm-tall “super-rice” that might one day nourish astronauts living on lunar bases.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The combination of the Tianzhou-9 cargo craft, tasked with carrying supplies to China's space station, and a Long March-7 carrier rocket was vertically transferred to the launch site on Saturday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Mars may not have always been the dry and dusty world we imagine. A staggering network of ancient riverbeds, spanning over 15,000 kilometers, has been discovered in the planet’s Noachis Terra region, suggesting that flowing water, fueled by precipitation, was once widespread.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Unusually fast-moving gas clouds near a nearby galaxy suggest they may have come from outside the galaxy.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A brilliant new class of cosmic explosions has been uncovered—so powerful they outshine anything scientists have ever seen.

TEHRAN (ANA)- In a stunning new breakthrough, scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Solar Observatory have captured the most detailed view of the Sun’s surface ever recorded. Using the powerful Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, the team spotted ultra-thin magnetic “stripes” just 20 kilometers wide—about the length of Manhattan.

TEHRAN (ANA)- RESILIENCE, a privately funded spacecraft, crash-landed on the Moon on January 15, leaving a visible mark on the lunar surface.

TEHRAN (ANA)- UC Berkeley astronomers found a hidden black hole roaming far from the galaxy’s core and it may eventually merge with the central black hole and release gravitational waves.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists studying the distant universe have discovered a population of ancient galaxies lighting up for the first time, billions of years ago.