An exoplanet some 1,360 light-years away is so close to its star, its clouds consist of vaporized rock. Called WASP-178b, it orbits WASP-178, a young, white star twice the mass of the Sun, on an ins… [+4598 chars]
A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after the glacial stage of the last Ice Age until the specie… [+2586 chars]
After a recent glitch postponed the wet dress rehearsal for NASAs Artemis 1 mission earlier this week, the US space agency gave it another shot on Saturday. The two-day test was scheduled to begin at… [+1626 chars]
Sensors are a pillar of the Internet of Things, providing the data to control all sorts of objects. Here, precision is essential, and this is where quantum technologies could make a difference. Resea… [+2838 chars]
During cell division in a mother cell, the 23 chromosomes that carry the human genome must be first copied and later delivered to two newly forming daughter cells. At least in healthy cells, the resu… [+5900 chars]
Scientists have made new findings regarding the W boson, a fundamental particle, in a new research published in the Science journal. The study shows that it has a significantly greater mass than pre… [+2372 chars]
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken an alternative path after spotting 'Gator-Back' rocks that could cause serious damage to its wheels. The team nicknamed them gator-back rocks because of their sc… [+1713 chars]
Scientists have found a rather impressively preserved leg of a dinosaur which, according to researchers, could be the first ever one to show how an asteroid wiped out their entire population. BBC A… [+1463 chars]
A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after the glacial stage of the last Ice Age until the specie… [+2586 chars]
Predicting how the climate and environment will change over time, or how air flows over an airplane, are too complex for even the most powerful supercomputers to solve. Scientists rely on models to b… [+5543 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to cool down out at its location at Lagrange Point 2, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. Since JWST is an infrared telescope, it needs to operate at ext… [+3353 chars]
New Zealand and U.S.-based aerospace company Rocket Lab announced that during its next Electron launch, a commercial rideshare mission currently scheduled for later this month, the company will attem… [+2359 chars]
