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]
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]
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]
A Hungarian astronomer who had discovered a small asteroid just hours before it hit Earth earlier this month nearly scored a second lucky strike spotting another space rock that appeared on a collisi… [+2425 chars]
image: Common polymers used to mimic the natural crowding inside the cell may "steal" ions. They are real ion thieves! Photos were taken by courtesy of the Cosmos Museum in Warsaw.view more Credit… [+7711 chars]
ASTRONOMERS have caught a rare glimpse of a potentially hazardous asteroid ahead of its flyby of Earth this week. The space rock 2007 FF1 is expected to make a close and safe encounter with our plan… [+3067 chars]
image: Common polymers used to mimic the natural crowding inside the cell may "steal" ions. They are real ion thieves! Photos were taken by courtesy of the Cosmos Museum in Warsaw.view more Credit… [+7711 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]
image: Black holes and wormholes in the universe are complex many body systems and require a deeper understanding of space, time, gravity and quantum physics.view more Credit: Trahko/132658940/stoc… [+3318 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]
Dinosaurs rose and departed 26 million decades ago. Pangea divided further into different archipelagos we recognize nowadays, and humanity swiftly and profoundly reshaped the planet we dwell on. Desp… [+3639 chars]
NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter recently completed its 23rd excursion, flying for 129.1 seconds across 358 meters. The autonomous chopper has survived almost a year on the Red Planet—well beyond th… [+1931 chars]