A team of researchers studying 22.5-million-year-old spider fossils from Aix-en-Provence were taken aback when the petrified pests glowed under a fluorescent microscope. The fluorescence was likely d… [+3256 chars]
A key committee of scientists has recommended that a flagship mission to Uranus should be NASA's highest-priority large planetary science mission for the next decade. Uranus is a mostly unexplored… [+7969 chars]
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A fossilized spider that glows under ultraviolet light has given away the secret of its exceptional 23-million-year-long existence. When researchers placed the fossil and others like it under a fluo… [+4479 chars]
The National Science Foundation has announced this year's winners of the prestigious Alan T. ... [+] Waterman Award, named after NSF's first director. getty The U.S. National Science Foundation ann… [+4666 chars]
PHILADELPHIA - Sure, we get "sunspots" on our skin, but the sun also has its own sunspots. Spots on the sun are also dark spots, and if you have a solar lens on a fancy camera, a solar filter on a … [+2190 chars]
A new survey of over 100 galaxies has found that black holes raze thousands of stars and use their remains to pack on weight. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, could help ex… [+1729 chars]
Researchers have developed a new measurement and imaging approach that can resolve nanostructures smaller than the diffraction limit of light without requiring any dyes or labels. The work represents… [+3960 chars]
Scientists are currently on a hunt for a fallen meteorite after a massive fireball was seen streaking over the west of England last Wednesday night. According to Daily Mail, fragments of the meteori… [+3052 chars]
Astrobotic has unveiled the flight model of its Peregrine lunar lander during a visit by top NASA and government officials to the company’s headquarters. The flight model, as opposed to earlier test… [+2025 chars]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off for a record-tying 12th time on Thursday (April 21), and you can watch the action live. The two-stage Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Thursday at 11:14 a.m. … [+2891 chars]
NASA: On Tuesday, April 19, one moderate and a strong solar flare erupted on the surface of the Sun and now more solar storms can hit the Earth. In the last few days, the Earth has been a victim of i… [+1946 chars]
