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]
What’s Up for April? Conjunction junction and a hidden surprise in the Big Dipper. At the beginning of April, Venus, Mars, and Saturn form a trio in the southeast before sunrise, with Saturn appeari… [+3451 chars]
Platinum is an important catalyst. But up until now, nobody know how exactly single platinum atoms behave during catalysis.What happens when a cat climbs onto a sunflower? The sunflower is unstable, … [+4808 chars]
By Will Dunham The researchers used the Subaru Telescope located near the summit of an inactive Hawaiian volcano and the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope to detect and study the planet, a gas giant o… [+3338 chars]
NASA’s Nancy Gracy Roman Space Telescope won’t launch until 2027, and it won’t start operating until some time after that. But that isn’t stopping excited scientists from dreaming about their new toy… [+11810 chars]
Markus Ralser never intended to study the origin of life. His research focused mainly on how cells feed themselves, and on how these processes can go wrong in organisms that are stressed or ill. But … [+12434 chars]
A Monash University-led research team has discovered that a structure comprising an ultra-thin topological insulator sandwiched between two 2D ferromagnetic insulators becomes a large-bandgap quantum… [+7380 chars]
Nasas Perseverance rover has recorded what is believed to be the first-ever Martian sounds. The team operating its SuperCam2 instrument (pictured below) believes that the study of the soundscape of… [+2687 chars]
In the past century, astronomers have learned a great deal about the cosmos and our place in it. From discovering that the Universe is in a constant state of expansion to the discovery of the Cosmic … [+4590 chars]
A spectacular aurora borealis triggered by giant 'cannibal' solar eruption that hurtled towards Earth at 1.8 million miles an hour has thrilled stargazers in Scotland and North America. New photos… [+11119 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… [+4724 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]