In the future, you may have a squid to thank for your coffee staying hot on a cold day. Drawing inspiration from cephalopod skin, engineers at the University of California, Irvine invented an adaptiv… [+4436 chars]
Inside All About Space issue 128, on sale now, uncover the secrets of black holes ; from their formation and anatomy to how global telescopes blazed a trail for black hole imaging and revolutionized… [+4726 chars]
Robotic exploration of the red planet has taught us a great deal about our nearest planetary neighbor, and NASA’s Curiosity rover had an outsized role in accomplishing that. Its successor, a very sim… [+2520 chars]
If life is abundant in the universe, atmospheric methane may be the first sign of life beyond Earth detectable by astronomers. Although nonbiological processes can generate methane, a new study by sc… [+5023 chars]
NASA and the European Space Agency announced that they have selected two astronauts to launch on SpaceXs Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The organizations selected NASA astronaut … [+989 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]
A new report by an international team of researchers in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science has shown that the last of Mongolian giant camels may have coexisted with the much smaller wild Bactrian… [+5558 chars]
Spinosaurus is the biggest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered, larger even than the famous T. rex. However, the way the ancient beast hunted its game has been debated for decades. Now new researc… [+5207 chars]
Perseverance's Martian rock samples will have to wait a bit longer to see Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced it has plans to delay the Mars Sample ret… [+3177 chars]
A newly-discovered asteroid about the size of a house is passing close by Earth on Monday (March 28) but is no cause for alarm. The asteroid, called 2022 FB2, is about 49 feet (15 meters) across an… [+2367 chars]
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover reflects on the tracks of its wheels on March 17, 2022, the 381 Sol day or Sol day of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s autonomous driving capabilities… [+7059 chars]
A novel glacier model has been developed which can simulate ice dynamics and ice interaction with the climate up to a thousand times faster than previous models. This model can be used to predict the… [+7270 chars]