The humanoid species known as Homo floresiensis is believed by retired ethnobiologist Gregory Forth to be still alive. Remains of the species were first found on the Indonesian island of Flores by t… [+1231 chars]
The test version of a unique satellite navigation receiver has been delivered for integration testing on the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft. The NaviMoon satnav receiver is designed to perform the farth… [+7158 chars]
NASA's next-generation spaceship, Orion, is designed to take humans farther than they've ever gone before. During Artemis I, an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep spac… [+2039 chars]
Powerful radar systems have played a major role in the study of planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in our Solar System for several decades, and now have a "unique role" to play in planetary… [+5985 chars]
For nearly 40 years, drugmakers have used genetically engineered cells as tiny drug factories. Such cells can be programmed to secrete compounds that yield drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune c… [+4679 chars]
Ever since they were discovered in 2018, fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have utterly surprised and completely confounded both observational and theoretical astrophysicists. So hot that they gl… [+5472 chars]
If not for the soupy, fast-moving atmosphere on Venus, Earth's sister planet would likely not rotate. Instead, Venus would be locked in place, always facing the sun the way the same side of the moon … [+3863 chars]
While crystallization is a ubiquitous and necessary process, the microscopic picture of crystal nucleation is yet to be established. It is important to develop the tiny picture of crystal nucleation … [+1753 chars]
Ever since they were discovered in 2018, fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have utterly surprised and completely confounded both observational and theoretical astrophysicists.So hot that they glow… [+5189 chars]
A beautiful new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a pair of "fluttering wings" produced by an ongoing collision between two distant galaxies. The galactic wings are part of the VV689 sy… [+2086 chars]
An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant astronomical object of all time: a galaxy. Shining only about 300 million years after the Big Bang, it may contain the oldest star… [+4072 chars]
What is the strangest animal ever discovered in the sea? Woo boy. We’ve got options. Even sea creatures that people tend to be familiar with are pretty weird. Take flounder, with their flat bodies a… [+8988 chars]
