(MENAFN- The Conversation) The UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space. Yes, you read that right. Space-based solar power is one of … [+5876 chars]
On December 25th last the James Webb Space Telescope JWST for short was finally propelled into the heavens on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. The telescope is the successor to Hubble, which h… [+6518 chars]
A small asteroid, half the size of a Giraffe, was spotted just two hours before it struck the Earth above Iceland last Friday on March 11. The space rock, dubbed as Asteroid 2022 EB5, was believed to… [+1887 chars]
A theorized huge, ninth planet beyond the orbit of Neptune once again wasn't found in a new survey of the solar system's outer reaches. Astronomers scanned a large portion of the sky using the 6-met… [+3318 chars]
A new, Yale-led study unlocks the science behind a key ingredient -- namely oxygen -- in some of the world's most violent volcanoes.The research offers a new model for understanding the oxidation sta… [+3624 chars]
KUNMING (Xinhua): Scientists have found a new taxon of armoured dinosaurs (Thyreophora) from the Early Jurassic in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The findings were published Wednesday(March 16) … [+857 chars]
Researchers from Umeå University and Uppsala University have developed a new method to control the light emission of light-emitting electrochemical cells, in short LEC. The study is published in Adva… [+3875 chars]
On December 25th last the James Webb Space Telescope JWST for short was finally propelled into the heavens on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. The telescope is the successor to Hubble, which h… [+6518 chars]
Eugene Parker, a pioneering American astrophysicist whose mathematical prediction that charged particles streamed from stars in a solar wind was met with disbelief before he was ultimately vindicated… [+3165 chars]
In a pair of world firsts, UBC scientists have 3D printed human testicular cells and identified promising early signs of sperm-producing capabilities. The researchers, led by UBC urology assistant … [+3920 chars]
A massive release of greenhouse gases, likely triggered by volcanic activity, caused a period of abrupt global warming known as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) 56 million years ago. A new… [+4411 chars]
MIT engineers and collaborators have developed a new acoustic fabric that can remedy hearing trouble. The fabric converts sound first into mechanical vibrations, then electrical signals, like our ear… [+3341 chars]