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]
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]
Nearly 15 years after the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the origin of the millisecond-long, deep-space cosmic explosions remains a mystery.That may soon change, thanks to the work of an inte… [+4291 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]
Dart (double asteroid redirection test) aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday. According to the BBC, the mission will be carried out on… [+1048 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]
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]
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]
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]
Saturday 19th March 2022 21:00 GMT Russian cosmonauts have boarded the International Space Station (ISS) wearing unusual yellow spacesuits, prompting speculation that the move is a quiet gesture of… [+4112 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]
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]
