A space rock the size of a skyscraper that scientists deemed "potentially hazardous" sailed harmlessly past Earth today (April 1) around 4:35 p.m. ET. Even though theasteroid only flew within roug… [+2024 chars]
A new method of identifying gravitational wave signals using quantum computing could provide a valuable new tool for future astrophysicists. A team from the University of Glasgow's School of Physics… [+5164 chars]
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago. This undated image made available by the… [+5321 chars]
A colorized image of Cassiopeia A based on data from the Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A powerful shock wave traveling through a cloud of gas left be… [+6263 chars]
T. rex is probably the most famous dinosaur of them all, but for years a key question has remained about its anatomy why were its arms so short? Now, an American paleontologist has claimed that the … [+8029 chars]
The commissioning stages of the James Webb Space Telescope just ticked off yet another phase. Engineers have successfully aligned all but one of the instruments on the $10 billion space telescope fo… [+2612 chars]
A planet 'almost identical' to Jupiter has been spotted orbiting a star 17,000 light years from Earth by NASA's Kepler telescope, scientists have revealed. The exoplanet, K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, is alm… [+8442 chars]
Scientific research is normally about chemistry but this time its history. Researchers are using epic computing powers to develop a simulation of the ancient universe. Some 13 billion years of gala… [+1821 chars]
You can follow along online, but dont expect audio NASAs Space Launch System on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge For the next three days, NASA is staging an e… [+8728 chars]
Axiom Space and its crew are ready to make history. A crew of three paying passengers and one former NASA astronaut will launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday (April 1) at 12:05 p… [+4692 chars]
The biggest known ice volcanoes, which spew ice instead of lava, are located on Pluto. Now it turns out size is not the only feature setting apart Pluto's "cryovolcanoes" from all others. In a stud… [+5668 chars]
Tomorrow's weather may be cloudy with a chance of electrons, thanks to a newly detected phenomenon in Earth's magnetic shield. Described as unexpected, ultra-fast "electron precipitation," the pheno… [+3371 chars]
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