In Steven Spielbergs iconic film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), the lead character played by Harrison Ford warns of the dangers of small scorpions, claiming that when it c… [+2439 chars]
Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.… [+3974 chars]
Physicist Hantao Ji with figures from magnetic reconnection paper. Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications; collage by Kiran Sudarsanan. A puzzling process called magnetic reconnection t… [+4838 chars]
Extremely fast cosmic explosions puzzling scientists may be outbursts arising from dying stars, new research suggests. Dubbed fast blue optical transients (FBOTs), because of their "blue" heat and v… [+3546 chars]
The Lyrids or Lyrids meteor shower can be followed across the country between the night of this Friday (22/4) and the beginning of the morning of this Saturday (23/4). According to the National Obse… [+1363 chars]
Let's take the #SpaceSnap throwback to six years ago with NASA's Hubble! The Hubble Space Telescope is already 32 years old this year. When NASA celebrated its 26th birthday six years ago, astronome… [+3186 chars]
In Steven Spielbergs iconic film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), the lead character played by Harrison Ford warns of the dangers of small scorpions, claiming that when it c… [+2439 chars]
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare, which can be seen in the lower right. NASA/SDO The sun unleashed a powerful side flare this week. The eruption came from a s… [+2469 chars]
Two of the biggest earthquakes have been detected by a seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars. These earthquakes reported a magnitude of 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. According to data availab… [+2027 chars]
Astrobotic revealed the flight model of its new Peregrine lunar lander on April 20th, 2022. The new model differs from previous test models and is the actual version of Peregrine that will fly to th… [+1852 chars]
NASA says that Hubble Space Telescope has found a giant comet with the largest nucleus ever seen by astronomers. NASA says that the giant comet named Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 UN271) is around … [+1986 chars]
An impending barrage of space debris forces the International Space Station to seek shelter in a higher orbit or risk being destroyed. The evasive maneuver, which is expected to be completed by Sund… [+653 chars]