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]
Artist’s conception of the Webb Telescope in space. Credit: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) will observe the Universe in the near-infrared and mid-infrared – at wavelengths longer than vi… [+1985 chars]
The European Space Agency is scrambling to figure out the ExoMars rovers next-possible launch window after the agency suspended cooperation with the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, over Russias inva… [+2551 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]
Misjudging someone's age can be awkward… especially when you're off by a few billion years. That may be the case with our Milky Way galaxy, research published March 23 in the journal Nature sugg… [+4081 chars]
NASA is nearing the end of fine-tuning the James Webb Space Telescope as calibrations are expected to wrap up by the end of June. The space agency has gone through more than 1,000 potential research… [+1098 chars]
For future Mars astronauts, no wastewater must go to waste. A team from Spanish technological center Tekniker is developing a new sustainable life support mechanisms, required to help astronauts li… [+2403 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]
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: 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]
The Hubble Space Telescope has obtained an impressive view of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571, which is located approximately 60 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. This c… [+2529 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]