Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proposed a new theory to explain how oxygen concentration might have built up in the Earth's atmosphere, according to a press relea… [+3907 chars]
Researchers studying Greenland's Hiawatha crater conducted research at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2019. (Image credit: Pierre Beck) Scientists now know the age of an enormous impact crat… [+4587 chars]
A new study from the University of Auckland is providing the first physiological evidence of how and why sharks sleep. The experts confirmed that sharks sleep with a flat and rigid body posture – and… [+2474 chars]
Superconducting quantum bits have been coupled with waveguides at Gerhard Kirchmair’s laboratory at the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in In… [+3263 chars]
NASA wants to build a giant spaceship to orbit the Moon but ultimately its designed to help send humans to Mars. The Lunar Gateway is a critical aspect of NASAs Artemis program, a multi-mission pr… [+4301 chars]
he first physiological evidence that sharks take a break from tracking prey to catch a few winks has been uncovered by a Simon Fraser University researcher who specializes in sleep among aquatic crea… [+2565 chars]
Massive craters measuring 90 feet in depth have emerged on the Arctic Ocean's bottom. According to geologists, the craters are forming as subsurface permafrost thaws on the border of the Beaufort Sea… [+4411 chars]
The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most iconic structure humans ever built. Ancient civilizations constructed archaeological icons that are a testament to their greatness and persistence. But in … [+8831 chars]
New research from scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and their collaborators is the first to record how the melting of permafrost, submerged underwater at the peripher… [+4784 chars]
Starship is the future of SpaceX. SpaceX SpaceX came into existence on March 14, 2002 and it's been busy since. The company released a rousing whirlwind retrospective video on Monday to mark its 2… [+1332 chars]
Aided by microbes found in the subarctic conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay, an international teamincluding researchers from Portugal's Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Técnico, Canada's Université… [+4204 chars]
A technician works at the National Ignition Facility. Scientists used the array of 196 lasers to create conditions similar to the hot gas inside gigantic galaxy clusters. Experiments point the way t… [+6537 chars]