UNLV researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water at high pressures. Solid water, or ice, is like many other materials in that it can form different solid materi… [+3716 chars]
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before itand it's doing so using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and… [+5874 chars]
Researchers led by the University of Bristol show that the earliest jaws in the fossil record were caught in a trade-off between maximizing their strength and their speed. Almost all vertebrates are… [+3630 chars]
Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope team expects that Webb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals … [+3304 chars]
Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, provides a lot of information about the objects with which it interacts, from aerosols in the atmosphere to the magnetic field of stars. However,… [+3137 chars]
NASA's MRO spacecraft spotted China's Zhurong rover and its wheels tracks on March 11, 2022. The dark object is the rover. NASA/JPL/UArizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series explor… [+1529 chars]
(Bloomberg) -- Russias space program suffered a fresh setback after Europes space agency said it is suspending plans to collaborate on a Mars mission because of President Vladimir Putins invasion of … [+2051 chars]
This is the oldest armored dinosaur found in all of Asia, and it helps us understand when and where these animals first appeared. Credit: © Yu Chen A new type of armored dinosaur from China has been… [+6219 chars]
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time been able to create an RNA molecule that replicates, diversifies and develops complexity, following Darwinian evolution. This has provid… [+3266 chars]
Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago via accretion. Earth’s building blocks were chunks of rock of varying sizes. From dust to planetesimals and everything in between. Many of those chunks of rock… [+8831 chars]
A small asteroid struck the Earth’s atmosphere above Iceland last Friday, just two hours after it was spotted by an astronomer. On March 11, Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky, from the Piszké… [+2194 chars]
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a moon rocket has made it to a launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Artemis 1 rocket reached Launch Complex 39B early Friday morning, traveling overn… [+2730 chars]
