A team of scientists found NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to measure a specific kind of space dust littered throughout dozens of nearby planetary systems' habitable zones, or t… [+5745 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]
Repeated surveys with MBARI’s mapping AUVs revealed dramatic changes to seafloor bathymetry from the Arctic shelf edge in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. This sinkhole developed in just nine years. (Image… [+4931 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]
It has been an astonishing week! It has been filled with asteroid sightings and asteroids hurtling very close to Earth. So far, we already have seen 6 asteroids approaching Earth and shockingly, one … [+2235 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]
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]
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]
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons: the dopaminergic neurons. The degeneration of these neurons prevents the tran… [+3215 chars]
Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies. In a new report in Science, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania used a controlled field experiment to show that flies… [+6498 chars]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (REUTERS) - Nasa's next-generation moon rocket began a highly anticipated, slow-motion journey out of its assembly plant en route to the launch pad in Florida on Thursday (Mar… [+2764 chars]
