Movies that imagine an asteroid or comet colliding catastrophically with Earth always feature a key scene: a lone astronomer sees the wandering chunk of space hurtling towards us, causing panic and … [+7115 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]
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]
Scientists from Skoltech, MIPT, the RAS Institute of Solid State Physics, Aalto University and other institutions have proposed the first carbon monoxide-based graphene synthesis technique. It is a s… [+5386 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]
UCLA scientists have discovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining down on Earth, a phenomenon that contributes to the colorful aurora borealis but also poses hazards to satellit… [+4050 chars]
Nasas first private space tourism mission will carry Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy, American entrepreneur Larry Connor, and former Israeli Air Force… [+2412 chars]
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]
A small to average-sized asteroid will zoom past Earth on April Fool's Day at about 8 miles a second, Live Science has reported. The news of an asteroid coming closer to Earth raises concerns abou… [+2041 chars]
After a technical review, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed yesterday that its Mars rover, part of the ExoMars space mission, was ready for launch. The only problem: The rover has neither a r… [+5682 chars]
Whoa. Venus Game A new proposition from a NASA researcher suggests making Venus habitable to humans. The only catch? It suggests encasing the entire planet in a giant shell, trapping the toxic atmo… [+2063 chars]
The Arctic is rapidly losing sea ice, and less ice means more open water, and more open water means more gas and aerosol emissions from the ocean into the air, warming the atmosphere and making it cl… [+4468 chars]
