Roy Caldwell, a behavioral ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley, first met Octopus chierchiae, also called the lesser Pacific striped octopus, in the mid-1970s in Panama. He was pullin… [+1912 chars]
One of the most challenging aspects of modern chemistry is managing data. For example, when synthesizing a new compound, scientists will go through multiple attempts of trial-and-error to find the ri… [+4147 chars]
The new animation of the Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse presents the reconstruction of a crater on Mars and its exploration by a rover. easy guide meOn July 4, 1997, the United States celebrated its N… [+2305 chars]
A team of scientists has identified that Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. The findings of the research were published in the journal, 'Nat… [+2759 chars]
An exoplanet a whopping 17,000 light-years from Earth has been found hiding in data collected by the now-retired Kepler Space Telescope. It's the most distant world ever picked up by the planet-hunt… [+5091 chars]
Newswise — BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the beginning, the world was empty and cold. Prior to the Big Bang — yes, before the Big Bang — the universe underwent a breathtaking cosmic expansion, doubling in size… [+11033 chars]
NASA said the discovery supports a long-debated theory for how planets like Jupiter form, through a process called disk instability. The Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of a new Jupiter-like… [+2838 chars]
It turns out that Mars is rumblier than we knew. New techniques have revealed previously undetected quakes beneath the Martian surface and, scientists say, the best explanation so far is ongoing volc… [+4196 chars]
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Something ancient and primordial lurks in Earth’s core. Helium 3 (3He) was created in the first minutes after the Big Bang, and some of it found its way through time and space to take up residence in… [+12917 chars]
NASA's Psyche spacecraft is seen in early 2022 as it is placed in the 85-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide (26-meter-by-8-meter) ultra-sturdy vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Souther… [+1602 chars]
As the space community celebrates the launch of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, L3Harris employees reflect on the road it took to get to this incredible moment for space exploration. From the adver… [+4591 chars]
