These pictures depict the magnificent wonders of our planet, yet, they weren't taken anywhere on Earth. Instead, they were captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station to chronicle t… [+3327 chars]
image: The change in sea level due to melting 1,000 gigatonnes of ice from Antarctica is illustrated for different scenarios.view more Credit: Douglas A. Kurtze WASHINGTON, April 21, 2022 – It is … [+3504 chars]
Propelling micrometre-sized drones using light only and exerting precise control: Physicists at the University of Würzburg have succeeded at this for the first time. Their microdrones are significant… [+3736 chars]
MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes. Their re… [+5306 chars]
image: Crew on the WHOI-operated research vessel Neil Armstrong prepare to deploy a sediment corer to the seafloor of the Puerto Rico Trench.view more Credit: (Photo by Paul Walczak, Oregon State U… [+4807 chars]
Even more information can be gained from those pterosaur feathers. The study indicates they were fairly small, meaning that they weren't used to help the animal fly. Instead, the feathers could have … [+1242 chars]
Of the thousands of exoplanets we’ve discovered, most of them closely orbit red dwarf stars. Part of this is because planets with short orbital periods are easier to find, but part of this is that re… [+3274 chars]
Dear readers, Welcome to Quartzs newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: In the mood for Moon busin… [+7002 chars]
Miranda orbiting around Uranus planet in the outer space. 3d render getty NASA is going to Uranus! This week the National Academy of Sciences finally published its Decadal Survey for Planetary Scie… [+6715 chars]
Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and the moon are all set to align in the sky on April 23rd. The orbits of each planet have coincided to allow them all to appear in the same portion of the sky when vie… [+1165 chars]
