Electron microscopy enables researchers to visualize tiny objects such as viruses, the fine structures of semiconductor devices, and even atoms arranged on a material surface. Focusing down the elect… [+2512 chars]
With their razor-sharp teeth and agility in the water, sharks are without a doubt one of the most terrifying predators to roam the planet. Now, a new study has shed light on their feeding habits - a… [+4117 chars]
My three-year-old, Max, only talks about dinosaurs. He sleeps with dinosaur toys. He refuses to watch anything other than dinosaur cartoons. Lately, he stomps around the house, growling and chomping… [+7122 chars]
Title:Kepler K2 Campaign 9: II. First space-based discovery of an exoplanet using microlensing Authors: D. Specht, R. Poleski, M.T. Penny, E. Kerins, I. McDonald, Chung-Uk Lee, A. Udalski, I.A. Bond… [+8248 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]
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]
A NASA recording has revealed that Mars has two speeds of sound. The audio was recorded using microphones on the car-sized Mars Perseverance rover which was launched from Florida's Space Coast as pa… [+1401 chars]
On Earth, the situation is dire. Russia is bombing civilian and military targets in Ukraine. In space, however, cosmonauts are working side by side with astronauts from the European Union. This coop… [+7836 chars]
An unseen obstacle in the cloud of gas around a supernova remnant 11,000 light years away is making the supernovas blast waves lopsided, according to two recent studies. Two teams of astrophysicis… [+9083 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]
New research from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed details behind two super-hot Jupiter planets, one where it rains vapourised rock and another where its atmosphere is being sunburned by its s… [+2244 chars]
A giant impact billions of years ago near Earth’s moon’s south pole may help explain why the near side and far side are so different. The face that the moon shows to Earth looks far different from t… [+3940 chars]
