An international research team uses a global sampling of seawater to reveal which tropical reef fish occur where. To identify species and families, they successfully used the residual DNA shed by the… [+5848 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]
Scientists at NASA have invented a new metal alloy thats 1,000 times more durable that currently used state-of-the-art materials used in aviation and aerospace vehicles. NASA Also read: Five Mass E… [+1776 chars]
Space is fascinating, and one of the major reasons for it is how little we know about the world outside our tiny blue planet. Space agencies around the world are spending billions in their search for… [+3772 chars]
Imagine living amid a pile of bacteria. CoreyFord/Getty Humanity's wide-eyed vision of settling Mars might no longer be a sci-fi fantasy. NASA projects 2030 for when the first Martian steps will be… [+3168 chars]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain On April 18, NASA decided to move forward with plans to complete the deployment of the Lucy spacecraft’s stalled, unlatched solar array. The spacecraft is powered by two la… [+2615 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]
Imagine living amid a pile of bacteria. CoreyFord/Getty Humanity's wide-eyed vision of settling Mars might no longer be a sci-fi fantasy. NASA projects 2030 for when the first Martian steps will be… [+3168 chars]
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]
Since its inception, the Internet has fundamentally changed all parts of human society for both good and ill, and medical research is no exception. The fast pace of change enabled by digital technolo… [+2733 chars]
NASA has shown the first images obtained by the Lucy probe during its trip to the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter. It captured, between November of last year and February, calibration images of 11 star … [+997 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]