NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back at its wheel tracks on March 17, 2022, the 381st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be… [+6681 chars]
Eugene Parker, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is remembered for seminal contributions to the understanding of our sun and solar system Credit: Photo by John Zich/… [+9683 chars]
Gravitational waves are notoriously difficult to detect. Although modern optical astronomy has been around for centuries, gravitational wave astronomy has only been around since 2015. Even now our ab… [+3448 chars]
3D view of the point in Earth’s mantle below Africa, shown in red, yellow, and orange. Cyan represents the main mantle boundary, blue indicates the surface, and transparent gray indicates the contine… [+4008 chars]
Apple Watches and FitBits are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to wearable technology. Scientists have created a acoustic fabric that can detect and emit sound, reimagining jeans, T-shirts, … [+2134 chars]
Astronomers have detected at least three small stars masquerading as exoplanets, new research shows. The three, possibly four, stars were originally discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope . A… [+4364 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]
THE Northern Lights are renowned as one of the most spectacular natural phenomenons on Earth. But how is the sky magically lit up by the spectrum of colours? Here is what we know. The Northern Ligh… [+4077 chars]
A loud bang was heard across Bristol in the early hours of this morning (March 19) amid reports of a meteor shower over the West Country. A trail of shooting stars was captured on meteor cameras in B… [+1415 chars]
This will likely come as a surprise to no one who has closely watched the development of NASAs next giant rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), but its going to be expensive to use. Like, really e… [+4285 chars]
Gravitational waves are notoriously difficult to detect. Although modern optical astronomy has been around for centuries, gravitational wave astronomy has only been around since 2015. Even now our ab… [+3448 chars]
What if our universe had a twin that runs backward in time? As absurd as this sounds, scientists believe the existence of such a universe could explain a lot of mysteries about the universe. The the… [+2054 chars]
