NASA has been planning for the upcoming SPHEREx mission since early 2019, and it just reached an important milestone: it’s time to start building it. NASA says all the planning work is done, and the … [+2153 chars]
The northern lights have a certain magical quality, so it's no surprise there are many myths and ... [+] legends surrounding them. getty Thanks to scientific research, we now know what causes the n… [+4529 chars]
How life originated on Earth? This is one of the most interesting questions whose answer is not yet known. However, continuous research is going on to find out the origin of life on Earth. And now as… [+2849 chars]
This cosmic portraitcaptured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3shows a stunning view of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571, which lies approximately 60 million light-years from Ea… [+1758 chars]
Near-Earth asteroids are interlopers from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter composed of rocky debris left over when our solar system formed. Planet Earth is at risk of colliding with an aste… [+4421 chars]
Similar to a light switch, RNA switches (called riboswitches) determine which genes turn "on" and "off." Although this may seem like a simple process, the inner workings of these switches have confou… [+5776 chars]
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. "Past, Present, and Future of Women in Space," is an inspir… [+941 chars]
You might think all important dinosaur "discoveries" are made as soon as fossils are collected in the fieldthat paleontologists instantly know the significance of what they've found. This is often t… [+5615 chars]
Similar to a light switch, RNA switches (called riboswitches) determine which genes turn "on" and "off." Although this may seem like a simple process, the inner workings of these switches have confou… [+5241 chars]
In recent years, millions of people worldwide have suffered the loss of smell due to COVID-19. Even those who have avoided infection with the new coronavirus experience the world of scent differently… [+3487 chars]
It’s often said that the wheels of government turn slowly, and perhaps nowhere is this on better display than at NASA. While it seems like every week we hear about another commercial space launch or … [+7065 chars]
The inner nebula of the much-studied supernova Cassiopeia A is not moving smoothly outward. This has been discovered by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard. The astronomers suspe… [+3643 chars]
