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]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has broken the record for longest US human spaceflight, a title former astronaut Scott Kelly has held since 2016. Tuesday marks 341 consecutive days in space for Vande … [+3975 chars]
The difference between a social butterfly and a lone wolf is actually at least eight differences, according to new findings by a team of Duke brain researchers.By simultaneously spying on the electri… [+5851 chars]
Shortly after Elon Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "single combat," Russia's space chief took aim at the SpaceX CEO on Twitter. "You, little devil, are still young," Roscosmos ch… [+3940 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]
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]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has broken the record for longest US human spaceflight, a title former astronaut Scott Kelly has held since 2016. Tuesday marks 341 consecutive days in space for Vande … [+3975 chars]
(March 15, 2022) New research shows that immediate action to reduce methane emissions could help preserve Arctic summer sea ice this century. Previous studies predict Arctic summer sea ice could disa… [+5016 chars]
An artist’s illustration of the asteroid belt. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Evidence suggests surface minerals of outer main-belt asteroids, proposed to have sourced building blocks of Earth’s water and… [+7356 chars]
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]
An unidentified fossil collected more than three decades ago was actually a mysterious species of saber-toothed carnivore that once stalked prey through the ancient rainforests of Southern Californ… [+5801 chars]
Researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and their collaborators from JSC Research Center of Construction have illustrated the practical utility of their earlier paten… [+4277 chars]
