WASHINGTON -- In the aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, it appears that brawn was more important than brains for the mammals that managed to survive th… [+3948 chars]
A first-of-its-kind study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers reveals why liquid droplets have the ability to erode hard surfaces. The discovery could help engineers design better,… [+3848 chars]
Often, a spiderweb conjures the idea of captured prey soon to be consumed by a waiting predator. In the case of the "Spiderweb" protocluster, however, objects that lie within a giant cosmic web are f… [+3607 chars]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is seen outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakh… [+3705 chars]
A first-of-its-kind study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers reveals why liquid droplets have the ability to erode hard surfaces. The discovery could help engineers design better,… [+3848 chars]
Often, a spiderweb conjures the idea of captured prey soon to be consumed by a waiting predator. In the case of the "Spiderweb" protocluster, however, objects that lie within a giant cosmic web are f… [+3607 chars]
An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. The research by scientists in the United States, Ca… [+4324 chars]
An overly active sunspot erupted, causing two powerful coronal mass ejections to be launched towards Earth at high speeds. Earlier in the week, officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad… [+1044 chars]
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting April 6 to launch Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Space astronauts Michael López-Ale… [+496 chars]
Rocket Lab and SpaceX both plan to launch missions on Friday (April 1), and you can watch the space doubleheader live. A Rocket Lab Electron vehicle is scheduled to loft two Earth-observing satell… [+2591 chars]
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station Wednesday, with tensions between Moscow and the West soaring over Ukraine. "The crew … [+4312 chars]
Officials recently warned that Earth is due to be impacted by a powerful solar storm on March 31 that will likely cause incredible auroras in certain locations around the planet. The U.S. National O… [+967 chars]
