STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. An analysis of ocean water around the world has uncovered a trove of previously undiscovered viruses, researchers have reported. An international team of researchers tracked ocea… [+1679 chars]
Astronomers the world over are buzzing with anticipation for the new science that will be possible once the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s most powerful space telescope, completes its commis… [+9552 chars]
A SpaceX Crew Dragon safely delivered four private astronautsnot affiliated with any space agencyto the International Space Station this past Saturday. With the Axiom crew now onboard, the first all-… [+2970 chars]
Scientists have recently begun spying on Europe's most active volcano using an unusual new surveillance device: fiber-optic cables. Researchers revealed how they utilized a technology known as distr… [+3198 chars]
When completed, the GMT will stand 65 meters high and include seven of the largest parabolic telescope mirrors ever built. Each 27.6-foot (8.4-meter) diameter mirror has an 83.33-foot (25.4-meter) mi… [+1227 chars]
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has transformed the field of neuroscience over the past 40 years, enabling scientists to create clear snapshots of living brain structures and even detect functional … [+3477 chars]
A high amplitude light beam was discovered radiating from the farthest extent beyond interplanetary space ever. It's a form of inextensible astronomical particle known as a megamaser, and its radiat… [+3890 chars]
image: This composite shows thermal images of Neptune taken between 2006 and 2020. The first three images (2006, 2009, 2018) were taken with the VISIR instrument on ESOs Very Large Telescope while th… [+8790 chars]
On Feb. 14, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, which is in the first few months of its journey to the Trojan asteroids, obtained a series of calibration images with its four visible-light cameras. The first tes… [+1801 chars]
The DART mission to redirect an asteroid is billed as potentially planet-saving. But in the wrong hands, it has seriously destructive potential. In September 2022 an event of planetary importance wi… [+5915 chars]
After decades worth of research, scientists came to know that the universe emerged after the big bang about 14 billion years ago and has been undergoing rapid expansion ever since. Given that we alre… [+2095 chars]
A new study by scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT provides the most comprehensive and rigorous evidence yet that the mammalian brain stores a single memory across a wi… [+8110 chars]
