It sounds eerily similar to the plot of Matt Damon's blockbuster movie The Martian. But if humans are to survive on Mars, it will mean maximising the use of all available resources and that include… [+7055 chars]
Astronomers may not be able to build huge complicated power-hungry observatories in the future if they wish to reduce their carbon footprint to meet greenhouse gas emission targets. Powerful ground … [+4510 chars]
A new study by Jonathan Katz of Washington University in St. Louis suggests that a recently discovered periodic radio transient source, designated GLEAM-X J162759.5523504.3, may be a rare white dwarf… [+3728 chars]
Stephen Hawking’s black hole information paradox has baffled scientists for half a century and led some to question the fundamental laws of physics. Scientists now say they may have solved the infamo… [+3368 chars]
European Space Agencys (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronaut Raja Chari performed a spacewalk on March 23 to install equipment outside the International Space Station (ISS). The recently… [+2064 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an incredibly detailed photo of a spiral galaxy that is shaped like an eye. The photo was made thanks to two of Hubble’s instruments: the Wide Field Camera 3 (… [+2219 chars]
The recent eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, at 04:14:45 UT on Jan. 15, was recently confirmed to have launched far-reaching, massive global disturbances in the Earth's atmospher… [+4603 chars]
April rains bring May flowers, but well also be treated to a handful spectacular celestial happenings during the spring months this year. Both of these noteworthy events are planetary conjunctures. … [+1441 chars]
Washington: As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the space agency has announced plans to create a second Moon lander other than SpaceX’s Starship, creating addit… [+2695 chars]
Movies that imagine an asteroid or comet colliding catastrophically with Earth always include a pivotal scene: a lone astronomer sees the errant space rock hurtling toward us at high speed, creating … [+7026 chars]
Matthias Maurer, a European Space Agency astronaut, had an interesting maiden spacewalk, which began and ended with helmet troubles. At 8:32 a.m. ET, Maurer and NASA astronaut Raja Chari began their… [+3186 chars]
In biology, symmetry is typically the rule rather than the exception. Our bodies have left and right halves, starfish radiate from a central point and even trees, though not largely symmetrical, stil… [+4753 chars]
