The Arctic is warming along with the rest of the planet, and as this is happening, its permafrostperennially frozen arctic soil that holds a lot of trapped organic matter from dead plantsis thawing. … [+3806 chars]
Enlarge/ Astra's LV0009 takes off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, on March 15. 39 with 22 posters participating Welcome to Edition 4.36 of the Rocket Report! As I took last week off for Spring Break, t… [+7755 chars]
An artist’s interpretation of liquid water on the surface of the Europa pooling beneath chaos terrain. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa could be tran… [+4928 chars]
On April 15, planetary scientist and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will launch to the International Space Station and, as such, will likely be in space when the agency's Artemis 1 mission launches t… [+7195 chars]
On Scotlands west coast is the Firth of Clyde, a large saltwater inlet home to thousands of harbor porpoisesand one dolphin named Kylie. Kylie hasnt been observed with other common dolphins (Delphin… [+8665 chars]
Enlarge/ Astra's LV0009 takes off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, on March 15. 39 with 22 posters participating Welcome to Edition 4.36 of the Rocket Report! As I took last week off for Spring Break, t… [+7755 chars]
The way electrons flow in materials determine its electronic properties. For example, when a voltage is sustained across a conducting material, electrons start flowing, generating an electrical curre… [+4705 chars]
Astronomers spotted the aftermath of a massive space collision. NASA says the resulting dust cloud was big enough to block the light from its nearby star when it passed in front of it. A group of ast… [+2957 chars]
The later stages of pregnancy can make life difficult as the fetus presses against the diaphragm, making it hard to breathe. But snakes that constrict their victims before swallowing them whole have … [+4130 chars]
During a recent deep-sea dive, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) captured stunning footage of a strawberry squid using its brand-new 4K camera. While piloting its remote-operated… [+2710 chars]
New documents indicate that NASA officials have dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community about the name of its newest observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA was aware that discrim… [+3001 chars]
A tiny problem Scientists can grow nanocrystals out of many different materials: metals, semiconductors, and magnets will each yield different properties. But the trouble was that whenever they trie… [+3333 chars]
