A Tyrannosaurus rex chick shivers in the cold aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The asteroid caused sulfur aerosols to enter the atmosphere, which led to global cooling. (Image c… [+4938 chars]
Scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new tool that could lead to more efficient and cheaper technologies for capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and conve… [+4262 chars]
The US-based space agency NASA has shared new images of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa which are beamed back by Juno spacecraft. The space agency informed that the stunning view of Jupiter's souther… [+2015 chars]
Although the Arecibo radio telescope is no more, it continues to deliver scientific discoveries. There is a wealth of Arecibo data astronomers continue to mine for new discoveries, and one of them is… [+3298 chars]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrup Grumman After meeting the major milestone of aligning the telescope to NIRCam, the Webb team is starting to e… [+3005 chars]
A plethora of worlds and a bright star will be visible in the early morning Wednesday (March 23) to predawn risers. All in the sky during the same period will be ringed Saturn, bright Mars, and clou… [+2393 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]
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]
RESEARCHERS have spotted evidence of a debris cloud from a massive cosmic collision. Scientists estimate that the two objects involved in the space crash were at least the size of dwarf planets. An… [+2036 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]
The field of extrasolar planet studies is undergoing a seismic shift. To date, 4,940 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,711 planetary systems, with another 8,709 candidates awaiting confirmation. Wi… [+8496 chars]
