The center of Lagoon Nebula, captured by the Hubble Telescope. Nebulae are the primary sources of helium-3, and the amount of He-3 leaking from the Earth’s core suggests the planet formed inside the … [+3454 chars]
In its more than three decades of actively observing the universe, the Hubble Space telescope has broadened humanitys horizons more than anyone might have expected when it was first launched. But des… [+1089 chars]
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) more than five percent of the world’s population is affected by hearing loss and deafness, which is mostly caused by loss of hair cells i… [+4885 chars]
The forward join and liquid hydrogen tank for the second core stage of NASA’s SLS Moon rocket are positioned to be connected at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Credit: NASA While th… [+2999 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]
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]
News avoidance is a topical phenomenon. Now amidst the distressing news from the war in Ukraine, many people may wish to skip news altogether or at least temporarily. A recent research article exami… [+2983 chars]
A new analysis of one of the most famous explosions in the cosmos has revealed a curious asymmetry. Part of the inner nebula of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant is not, astronomers have found, exp… [+3620 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]
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]
In a new call for action paper published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, discuss the importance of scent in hum… [+3117 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]
