Chinas Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending about three months orbiting the Red Planet. While the Chinese Space Agency h… [+2993 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]
Albert Einstein didnt plan to donate his brain to science. In fact, he requested his entire body be cremated and the ashes scattered secretly. But when the theoretical physicist died on April 18, 195… [+14947 chars]
Most life on Earth can be broadly split into oxygen consumers and oxygen producers. This delicate balance of givers and takers keeps the concentration of oxygen in our planet's atmosphere around 21 … [+3820 chars]
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) As program director of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Pittsylvania County native Gregory L. Robinson gets to examine the history of the universe.Robinson, a 1978 graduate of Dan… [+5007 chars]
Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. Most of the rocky planets and satellit… [+5570 chars]
Though scientists know there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of most galaxies, they can’t explain how the gravitational giants formed. But physicists Hooman Davoudiasl, Peter Denton, an… [+2657 chars]
Albert Einstein didnt plan to donate his brain to science. In fact, he requested his entire body be cremated and the ashes scattered secretly. But when the theoretical physicist died on April 18, 195… [+14947 chars]
Look up in the sky! Its a bird Its a plane, its Superman! Image: youtube.com Uh, its none of the above, but merely an asteroid thats the size of a refrigerator. Asteroids Trajectory Confirmed by … [+2958 chars]
One of the biggest obstacles facing NASA’s goal of putting humans on Mars is providing much-needed consumables like water, oxygen, and food. The current goal is to find ways to produce these items on… [+3178 chars]
Zoom/ Artist’s impression of an Earth-like planet in a nearby star system. We now know that our closest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, is It hosts at least two planets. But we’re not sure if there are … [+2445 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance rover is taking a road trip across Mars, heading for a new and exciting location. The aim is for the rover to travel faster than previous rovers, making use of its self-driving sy… [+2357 chars]
