A tug-of-war between neighboring stars led to the formation of two strange types of red giant star, as seen in the eyes of a lost telescope. Astronomers reported finding 40 examples of two different… [+3448 chars]
<ul><li>The average Lyrid shower produces 15 to 20 meteors per hour.</li><li>The Lyrids have been observed for more than 2,700 years.</li><li>The meteors appear to emanate from the constellation Lyra… [+2235 chars]
Published: 6:00am, 16 Apr, 2022 Updated: 6:32am, 16 Apr, 2022
Last year, scientists announced that they had discovered a colossal comet lingering just inside Neptunes orbit. They estimated its icy core to be between 62 and 125 miles long, based on its brightnes… [+3793 chars]
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Lunar samples brought by Chinas Change-5 mission have aided researchers in better understanding the impacts of latitude on space weathering (SW) on the Moon (CAS). The primary space weathering mecha… [+1680 chars]
Spacesuits with next-gen cooling capabilities? Yep, you read that right. NASA is apparently testing spacesuits with a built-in cooling system in hopes of regulating temperatures for astronauts who ma… [+2207 chars]
NASA even went to court to fight for the ownership of the lunar dust. A minuscule amount of lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission, that first put men on the Moon, has b… [+2060 chars]
Standing on Earth almost 4 billion years ago would have been an incredibly hot, desperately lonely, and very short experience what with there being no oxygen. Now, new research suggests there would h… [+3118 chars]
Figure 1. Circadian rhythms of the phosphorylation cycle (red circle with P indicating the phosphor transfer) and the ATP hydrolysis cycle (blue circle with ATP and ADP indicating the conversion of A… [+4783 chars]
NASA recently shared an image on its Instagram handle leaving the netizens completely stunned. The space agency has released a new image of a Mars crater. In the caption, NASA wrote, “Youre looking a… [+2101 chars]
A massive plasma wave launched from the sun collided with Mercury on Tuesday (April 12), causing a geomagnetic storm and scouring material from the planets surface. The powerful coronal mass ejectio… [+3299 chars]
