For a few tense days this January, a roughly 70-meter asteroid became the riskiest observed in over a decade. Despite the Moon’s attempt to scupper observations, the asteroid is now known to be entir… [+8797 chars]
<li>Jinek, M. et al. RNA-programmed genome editing in human cells. eLife2, e00471 (2013). Article Google Scholar </li><li>Cong, L. et al. Multiplex genome engineering using CRISPR/Cas systems. S… [+7616 chars]
Depiction of neutron star blowing out warm and cold winds. Credit: Gabriel Pérez (IAC) Using the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in space, a team of astronomers has found for the first time bl… [+11405 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 a few tense days this January, a roughly 70-meter asteroid became the riskiest observed in over a decade. Despite the Moon’s attempt to scupper observations, the asteroid is now known to be entir… [+8797 chars]
(CNN)A rocket part that's been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will bethe first time a chunk of space junk has unintentionally slammed into the luna… [+3494 chars]
A new Hubble image shows two deceivingly close galaxies located in the constellation Virgo. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4496A and the spiral galaxy NGC 4496B. T… [+2037 chars]
March 2, 2022 — LEGO rolled out its version of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) on Tuesday (March 1), two weeks before the space agency was scheduled to do the same with the real moon-bound rocket.… [+5123 chars]
Many coronal loopsropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought existed in the Sun's atmospheremay actually be optical illusions, according to a new paper that challenges prevailing assum… [+6978 chars]
Grains of sand on a beach can tell us more than you might think about the history of the planet, new research reveals something to think about the next time you're heading to the coast for a swim or … [+3234 chars]
Sunsets on Tatooine are literally otherworldly, but imagine if you were standing on an alien planet at dusk, watching twice as many stars sink into the horizon. NASAs TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Surv… [+3918 chars]
A towering colossus and predatory beast, the comically tiny-armed Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps the most iconic of all prehistoric predators. Its place in the popular imagination is mirrored in academ… [+4864 chars]
