NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS We know what Mars looks like (rocky). We know what it feels like (dusty, cold and windy). Now we also know what it sounds like thanks to NASA's Perseverance rover's ability to … [+1586 chars]
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently captured the birth of a giant, Jupiter-like protoplanet. The newly-born planet is under formation and is embedded in a protoplanetary disk-like structure made o… [+1727 chars]
Weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species that eat insects, suggests new research by an international team of scientists led by the Milner Centr… [+4091 chars]
After landing on Mars in February last year, NASAs Perseverance rover has captured and sent fascinating sound recordings from the Red Planet for the first time. Now, researchers have analysed these r… [+2212 chars]
Russians yellow & blue suits were not political statement: US astronaut
Physicists in Finland have created a pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus that throws off protons in a rare kind of radioactive decay. The nucleus, lutetium-149, has the shortest half-life of any of a gro… [+2328 chars]
In a laboratory experiment, researchers have recorded squid changing their colours to match with the substrate and avoid predation. Other cephalopods such as cuttlefish and octopi are famous for thei… [+1737 chars]
Apr 6 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith The flourishing field of optoelectronic devices is accountable for driving the development of new alkali metal-based chalcogenides consisting of qualities that have … [+2815 chars]
Horse conchs, the flashy marine snails that inhabit Floridas colossal state seashell, live shorter lives and reproduce later than previously understood, according to new research that warns the Gulf … [+8539 chars]
Nasa’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has had a big week. After completing its 24th powered flight on the Red Planet on 3 April, its performance garnered the Ingenuity team at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Labora… [+3011 chars]
SpaceX, on April 6, rolled out its Falcon 9 rocket mounted with the Dragon spacecraft onto the launchpad for the first-ever all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Nam… [+1955 chars]
Experimental schematic and polariton formation. Credit: Nature Physics (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-022-01565-4 The development of experimental platforms that advance the field of quantum science and… [+4861 chars]