Bright and dark swirling patterns on the Moon's surface have been linked to the topography of the swirls, says a new paper by a team of scientists from the Planetary Science Institute. "This is the … [+3313 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]
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a jet-like outburst in the Orion Nebula earlier this year. The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA shared the photo on Hubble’s website this month. The two space … [+2503 chars]
In recent years, physicists have discovered materials that are able to switch their electrical character from a metal to an insulator, and even to a superconductor, which is a material in a friction-… [+7707 chars]
The golden spiral arms of a distant galaxy sparkle in new images from the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The galaxy , known as NGC 4254 or Messier 99, is an example of a grand design spiral g… [+1787 chars]
Two enormous bubbles extending far above and below the center of the Milky Way galaxy are probably the result of a powerful jet of activity from a supermassive black hole, according to a new study. … [+5806 chars]
A team of researchers led by the University of Copenhagen recently looked at volcanic eruptions on Earth for the last 60,000 years. To estimate the number and intensity of these eruptions, the scient… [+2260 chars]
Dr. Parker, he said, was happy when people pointed out a mistake in his calculations but not pleased when people accepted prevalent scientific assumptions without question. He had little patience fo… [+1617 chars]
Holograms are three-dimensional (3D) images produced by interfering beams of light that reflect physical objects or photographs. In recent years, they were introduced in a variety of settings, for in… [+4276 chars]
Two astronauts exited the International Space Station airlock on Tuesday on a nearly 7-hour spacewalk to continue the years-long process of upgrading the orbiting laboratory’s power grid. NASA Astro… [+1870 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]
By analyzing the data from ESA's Gaia satellite, Chinese astronomers have discovered 541 new open cluster candidates in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy. The finding, which includes median parameters… [+3268 chars]
