image: A conceptual animation showing electrons traveling down Earth's magnetic field lines, colliding into particles in in Earth's atmosphere to trigger the aurora.view more Credit: Credits: NASA'… [+4571 chars]
Introducing self-evolving RNA created by scientists at the University of Tokyo. It offers insights into how simple biological molecules can lead to the emergence of complex lifelike systems. This se… [+2450 chars]
It was a good week for physics research as work by two teams of theorists working independently may have solved Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox. The first demonstrated that black holes are more … [+2340 chars]
Magnetic interactions could point to miniaturizable quantum devices.From MRI machines to computer hard disk storage, magnetism has played a role in pivotal discoveries that reshape our society. In th… [+3168 chars]
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was a significant milestone: the very first powered, controlled flight in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars and, in fact, the first such flight in any world beyon… [+3761 chars]
Older than expected: artists impression of a magnetar in a cluster of ancient stars (in red) close to the spiral galaxy M81. The source of fast radio bursts (FRBs) first detected in 2020 is likely t… [+2900 chars]
A research team led by Prof. Liu Baozhong from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) revealed that cytoskeletal molecules (actomyosin) play a key role in the early sh… [+2392 chars]
Scout constantly looks at data posted by the Minor Planet Center, a clearinghouse in Cambridge, Mass., that notes the discoveries and positions of small space objects. Then the software tries to figu… [+1692 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… [+1532 chars]
Space images are mesmerising. There is no doubt about that. Though we know a lot about what's out there, there's lot that is still to be found. But sometimes old images reveal something astoundingly … [+1137 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope, a collaboration between NASA, ESA and CSA has captured fine details in the central region of NGC 1097, a barred spiral galaxy. NGC 1097 is located at a distance of about 4… [+1758 chars]
A lot has changed since humans first landed on the Moon. When the first space boot prints were left on the lunar surface, people were hooked to their television sets as grainy footage of the Apollo… [+3783 chars]
