The ice cover surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere slowly expands between March and October every year. During this period, the entire ice area grows by six times to become bigger than R… [+4372 chars]
ESA's ExoMars rover is confirmed technically ready for launch, and a fast-track study is under way to determine options for bringing the mission to Mars. The ESA-led Rosalind Franklin rover has a un… [+2763 chars]
The Solar Orbiter (SolO) captured 'unprecedented' images of our Sun earlier this month as it approached the midway point between the Earth and its star, the European Space Agency (ESA) recently said … [+2640 chars]
Around 20,000 years ago, the world was so frigid that massive glaciers sucked up enough water to lower sea levels by 400 feet. As the sea pulled back, newly exposed land froze to form permafrost, a m… [+7744 chars]
Astronomers are studying a carbon-rich red giant star, V Hydrae that is shedding its atmosphere in slowly expanding rings, along with an hourglass shaped structure. V Hydrae, abbreviated to V Hya, is… [+3074 chars]
Comparative metabolomics with Metaboseek. a Metaboseek includes an integrated XCMS module for feature detection and feature grouping (with CAMERA annotation) and accepts feature tables generated by o… [+5771 chars]
Quantum complexity has attracted a lot of interest across various subfields of physics, from quantum computing to the theory of black holes. In recent years, physics has offered some conjecture to br… [+1970 chars]
Sign up for CNNs Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The first NASA mission to the moon since 1972 is ready… [+5298 chars]
NASA has given Elon Musk’s SpaceX six additional flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) agreements for up to $14 billion. Northrop Grumman, a US… [+2049 chars]
Illustration of an asteroid racing towards Earth, created on July 19, 2015. (Illustration by Tobias ... [+] Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing via Getty Images A giant sp… [+2209 chars]
Snow-white deep-sea crabs populate the seabed near hydrothermal vents. Oldenburg microbiologist Thorsten Brinkhoff was on the track of the animals with the submersible Alvin. Hydrothermal vents on t… [+4929 chars]
Watkins’ first spaceflight made her the first black woman to fly an extended mission in space by accident. But it also shows how NASA approaches human spaceflight as the agency works on a manned retu… [+3338 chars]
