Researchers at Yale and Caltech have a bold new theory to explain how Earth transformed itself from a fiery, carbon-clouded ball of rocks into a planet capable of sustaining life. The theory covers … [+3625 chars]
Researchers and designers in the US have created more than a dozen new, scientifically accurate virtual models of Ice Age animals that enthusiasts can view in augmented reality (AR). A collaborativ… [+2876 chars]
A well-studied solar phenomenon may not be quite as simple as we we thought it was. New simulations suggest that what we thought were loops of plasma known as coronal loops erupting out from the sur… [+4115 chars]
A well-studied solar phenomenon may not be quite as simple as we we thought it was. New simulations suggest that what we thought were loops of plasma known as coronal loops erupting out from the sur… [+4115 chars]
The International Space Station (ISS) has emerged from the month of February 2022 on shakier ground than when it entered the month from a geopolitical standpoint based on events taking place 425 kilo… [+8250 chars]
Marcel Dicke already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn't expect to learn that they have such a positive impact on plants. In an Opinion paper published on M… [+3741 chars]
A crescent-shaped crater in Northeast China holds the record as the largest impact crater on Earth that formed in the last 100,000 years. Prior to 2020, the only other impact crater ever discovered … [+2818 chars]
For you to read this article, the eyes have to perform quite the task light enters the cornea and travels through the pupil and lens to the retina at the back, where light-sensitive cells such as con… [+3727 chars]
They pinky swear they won't act like kids in a candy shop. Bothering Astronauts We can all heave huge sighs of relief knowing that the space tourists who are part of the first all-private mission … [+2108 chars]
An infrared image of Saturn with an aurora visible at its south pole, taken by the Cassini ... [+] spacecraft. NASA, Cassini, VIMS Team, University of Arizona, University of Leicester, JPL, ASI Sat… [+2342 chars]
Since 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been taking high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface. This data, along with the information from a laser altimeter mapping instrument has a… [+2560 chars]
Astronomers have designed a technique to use the unwanted stray light trickling into NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) X-ray space observatory to study even more cosmic objects th… [+2533 chars]
