A team of researchers from the Royal Observatory of Belgium, Université Savoie Mont Blanc and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris has identified nonaxisymmetric wavelike patterns in the equatorial… [+2648 chars]
Modeling the impact of meteorological forces on the Red Sea shows that winds in the southern part of the sea modulate sea-level surges across the basin. A study of the relative contributions of surf… [+3321 chars]
On March 11, a small, 6-foot-wide asteroid hit Earth off the coast of Norway. <ul><li>Technology from NASA tracked the rocks movements two hours before it hit the planet. </li><li>This technology c… [+2628 chars]
On March 11, a small, 6-foot-wide asteroid hit Earth off the coast of Norway. <ul><li>Technology from NASA tracked the rocks movements two hours before it hit the planet. </li><li>This technology c… [+2628 chars]
image: Ting Zhu, professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, in front of his TEM images of polycrystalline metals and a graphic simulating atomic structureview more Credit: Georgia Tech M… [+7549 chars]
Asteroid Ryugu could be a remnant of an extinct comet that spent tens of thousands of years racing through the solar system, new data suggests. Scientists believe it was then vaporised by high tempe… [+6783 chars]
Scientists have invented a type of lettuce that could help astronauts avoid bone loss during extended missions in space. NASA is preparing for its astronauts to journey to Mars during the 2030s in a… [+2378 chars]
There is a significant hindrance to developing long-haul quantum communication systems: After a few hundred kilometers within an optical fiber, the photons that carry the qubits or ‘quantum bits’ (th… [+2602 chars]
The study, in which the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Estatal Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Júlio de Mesquita Filho Paulista State University) (UNESP) of Brazil are … [+4627 chars]
Black holes with masses equivalent to millions of suns do put a brake on the birth of new stars, say astronomers. Using machine learning and three state-of-the-art simulations to back up results from… [+3555 chars]
After a large number of asteroids flew past the Earth last week, it appears the bombardment is not going to stop any time soon. There are more asteroids hurtling towards Earth, and the latest one amo… [+2219 chars]
These six cubes show the simulated distribution of galaxies at redshifts 9, 8, 5, 3, 2, and 1, with the corresponding cosmic ages shown. As the universe expands, the density of galaxies within each c… [+9896 chars]
