NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere during the spacecraft’s 39th close flyby of the planet on January 12, 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processin… [+3056 chars]
A 'new' kind of ultraviolet light kills almost all microbes in a room and could help avoid another lethal pandemic, a new study shows. Researchers say 'far-UVC' light emitted from ceiling lamps can… [+9857 chars]
Space lettuce could help astronauts maintain good bone health on long trips, a new study suggests. Research has shown that astronauts can lose about 1% of the mass of some bones per month spent in … [+4943 chars]
Still, NASA has been making progress. A giant rocket, the Space Launch System, is now finally at the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, although it will just sit there for now. Next m… [+1851 chars]
Rare-earth elements are crucial components in all kinds of electronics, from smartphones and broadband cables to wind turbines and electric cars. But coming up with useful compounds that can expand o… [+3254 chars]
Enlarge/ Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. 12 with 9 posters participating The vast volcanic caldera at Yellowstone National Park is just the latest in a long … [+4128 chars]
NASA's huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was dramatically backdropped by two solar system bodies during its first-ever rollout to the launch pad on March 17 and March 18. The stacked SLS and Ori… [+5530 chars]
Scientists have confirmed the speed of sound on Mars, using equipment on the Perseverance rover to study the red planet's atmosphere, which is very different to Earth's. What they discovered could… [+4618 chars]
The Bohr model, introduced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr in 1913, was a key step on the journey to understand atoms. Ancient Greek thinkers already believed that matter was composed of tiny basic p… [+7695 chars]
<li>Kelley, N. P. & Pyenson, N. D. Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine tetrapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene. Science348, aaa3716 (2015). PubMed Google Scholar </li><li>G… [+12193 chars]
Estimated read time: 5-6 minutes CHICAGO It's long been thought that dinosaurs were land lubbers terrestrial creatures that steered largely clear of water. A groundbreaking discovery in 2014 of a S… [+6092 chars]
